Rediscovering the Humanitarian Face of the Conversation in the Midst of World Crisis
January 17th 2010 17:16
In a world of extreme conversation it sometimes takes a tragedy for us to truly rediscover the roots of our humanity.
Humanity that stretches across religious beliefs, national borders, socio economic classes, genders, races, nationalities and sexual orientations…
Tragedy that strikes our hearts when faced with visions of the things that could be happening in our hometowns, cities or local communities but are surreal in the aspect of looking through the eyes of a third world nation.
Areas where the fight for survival is a day to day ordeal when faced with a scarcity of food and resources.
Resources that are taken for granted in a metropolis where the $1.00 cheeseburger has become a way of life.
It is for these reasons that the men and women who have appointed to the thrones of self righteous judgment feel that they have the inalienable right to twist and turn the words of a religion built on the tenants of helping our fellow man into a social agenda against populations of people who did nothing more than scratch and claw to survive.
This is the same conversation that happened when tragedies like 9-11 and Katrina struck the hearts of Americans in a nation of plenty just as much as it is the same conversation when tragedy struck this week in the third world nation of Haiti.
If it was as easy as judging the basic words of these men and women who spew nothing but hate and division; this would be a simple conversation.
A simple conversation centered on the ignorance of people who believe that tragedy in a far away part of the world is less important or deserved.
The sad reality in this conversation is the fact that fear twists perception.
Fear that there will always be tragedy and a need to explain why bad things are perceived to happen to one group of people or in one part of the world and not another.
For us to deal with these facts as a society, certain segments of the population have always felt an incessant need to conjure up false truths in believing that the people who of thierd world nations who fall prey to catastrophic tragedy somehow deserve their fate.
Within the Haitian Rubble, Twisted in the World Trade Center, On the Streets of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and Myanmar during the Tsunami were people from all over the world of different races, religious beliefs, nationalities and socio economic classes.
There is no curse put on any nation for the deeds of history but rather a greater structure to the things that happen in this world beyond anyone’s understanding or control.
Some people will always get what’s happened and will do their part to help those in need when the time comes while others will always feel the need to try and explain these things through a variation of blame in the terms of gloom and doom to ease their personal fears and the fears of others.
This is all a backwards venture into the Madness…
Madness into the true understanding that the very same things that are happening on an island a short distance form the state of Florida could very well be happening right here on American soil in the not so distant future.
A future where perpetrators of extremes can not lay blame on the lifestyles of the victims and must look deeper into the randomness of situation.
For every tragedy there will be a socially appointed figure that will try and bolster their public persona by laying the finger of blame on the things they find fault with in world society.
This is the world we have created for ourselves in a fantasy realm of Reality TV that gives every man, woman and child their chance to have fifteen minutes of fame.
In the case of these perpetrators it is fifteen minutes of social division that is spurred on by the words of men and women who only have the desire to bolster their own image and agenda.
Twisted agendas that rake in profits from our outrage and anger to their lack of compassion and understanding with news coverage that certifies them as subject matter experts.
Compassion and understanding that occurs when people of the human race rally together to raise money and awareness for support of rescue efforts and structural rebuilding to help men, women and children of an island population cope with tragedy long after the television cameras and world spotlight are gone.
It is tragedy that helps us realize our frailty as a human race and it is also tragedy that helps open our eyes to our duty as human beings beyond any national border, political party, religion or social cause.
It is through this that we can grow as a society but the key to doing so is remembering the tragic images and the people who need our help long after the world spotlight has moved onto the next mega news story.
As with the tragedies of the Myanmar Tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina and countless other catastrophes of yesteryear my hope is that this public outcry for the people of Haiti will be different and the support will not fade in the sunset of the next flashy news story.
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Humanity that stretches across religious beliefs, national borders, socio economic classes, genders, races, nationalities and sexual orientations…
Tragedy that strikes our hearts when faced with visions of the things that could be happening in our hometowns, cities or local communities but are surreal in the aspect of looking through the eyes of a third world nation.
Areas where the fight for survival is a day to day ordeal when faced with a scarcity of food and resources.
Resources that are taken for granted in a metropolis where the $1.00 cheeseburger has become a way of life.
It is for these reasons that the men and women who have appointed to the thrones of self righteous judgment feel that they have the inalienable right to twist and turn the words of a religion built on the tenants of helping our fellow man into a social agenda against populations of people who did nothing more than scratch and claw to survive.
This is the same conversation that happened when tragedies like 9-11 and Katrina struck the hearts of Americans in a nation of plenty just as much as it is the same conversation when tragedy struck this week in the third world nation of Haiti.
If it was as easy as judging the basic words of these men and women who spew nothing but hate and division; this would be a simple conversation.
A simple conversation centered on the ignorance of people who believe that tragedy in a far away part of the world is less important or deserved.
The sad reality in this conversation is the fact that fear twists perception.
Fear that there will always be tragedy and a need to explain why bad things are perceived to happen to one group of people or in one part of the world and not another.
For us to deal with these facts as a society, certain segments of the population have always felt an incessant need to conjure up false truths in believing that the people who of thierd world nations who fall prey to catastrophic tragedy somehow deserve their fate.
Within the Haitian Rubble, Twisted in the World Trade Center, On the Streets of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and Myanmar during the Tsunami were people from all over the world of different races, religious beliefs, nationalities and socio economic classes.
There is no curse put on any nation for the deeds of history but rather a greater structure to the things that happen in this world beyond anyone’s understanding or control.
Some people will always get what’s happened and will do their part to help those in need when the time comes while others will always feel the need to try and explain these things through a variation of blame in the terms of gloom and doom to ease their personal fears and the fears of others.
This is all a backwards venture into the Madness…
Madness into the true understanding that the very same things that are happening on an island a short distance form the state of Florida could very well be happening right here on American soil in the not so distant future.
A future where perpetrators of extremes can not lay blame on the lifestyles of the victims and must look deeper into the randomness of situation.
For every tragedy there will be a socially appointed figure that will try and bolster their public persona by laying the finger of blame on the things they find fault with in world society.
This is the world we have created for ourselves in a fantasy realm of Reality TV that gives every man, woman and child their chance to have fifteen minutes of fame.
In the case of these perpetrators it is fifteen minutes of social division that is spurred on by the words of men and women who only have the desire to bolster their own image and agenda.
Twisted agendas that rake in profits from our outrage and anger to their lack of compassion and understanding with news coverage that certifies them as subject matter experts.
Compassion and understanding that occurs when people of the human race rally together to raise money and awareness for support of rescue efforts and structural rebuilding to help men, women and children of an island population cope with tragedy long after the television cameras and world spotlight are gone.
It is tragedy that helps us realize our frailty as a human race and it is also tragedy that helps open our eyes to our duty as human beings beyond any national border, political party, religion or social cause.
It is through this that we can grow as a society but the key to doing so is remembering the tragic images and the people who need our help long after the world spotlight has moved onto the next mega news story.
As with the tragedies of the Myanmar Tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina and countless other catastrophes of yesteryear my hope is that this public outcry for the people of Haiti will be different and the support will not fade in the sunset of the next flashy news story.
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