So what is the atrocity of mankind? Everyday, lives are violently ripped from the hands of an innocent. Why do we do these things?
Let's delve deeper into the cruelties of the human nature together as we see what man has been up to today.
So if you're reading this, tell someone about this world. The more who know, the better we can all do to change ourselves.
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So, unless you live under a rock, I'm sure you know about Obama+Biden and McCain+Palin tickets. What's your opinion on the candidates? Who would you vote for? (or ARE voting for if you're 18 and up)
I'm curious. :] And I have to do something for one of my clubs. We're surveying 100 people for their presidential choice. So help me? :]
Do not be THAT alarmed by the title. Well. Be alarmed. But be alarmed in a few seconds. By "Green Our Vaccines", I don't mean dye all of our vaccines green [even though that WOULD be like the BEST thing EVER.] I mean, make them enviromentally friendly. I'm not saying there's trash in our vaccines. I AM saying that there are chemicals in our vaccines. Chemicals that SHOULD NOT be there. Mercury, a very very bad chemical for humans, are found in flu shots. Sucks huh?
Well the suckish news continues. Everyday, a child dies from vaccine related injuries. Isn't that dumb?! A kid died because they were trying to stay healthy? WTH, isn't that just messed up? AND get this-the government refuses to remove the chemicals because they believe that ONE: there is no alternative to the chemicals and that if they removed them, the effectiveness of the vaccine would deteriorate and TWO: that they cannot afford to do more researching to FIND those alternative chemicals.
WHAT
THE
HELL
I'm sorry for being rude in this particular post, but this makes me UBER ANGRY. So this is what I hear when they say that bullshit: "Well we can't save your children because we have our asses too deep in debt because of the great and WONDERFUL war in Iraq. So your dying children are going to have to wait. We have a third world country's government to conform!"
I'm PISSED. Spread the awarness and become pissed with me!
GREEN OUR FREAKING VACCINES GOSH DARNIT!!
Child labor is, to me, one of those silent problems. They're obviously there, but it's so quiet and you never hear about them, that you never think about it. So, I'm gonna tell you about them.
A few months ago, I was AGAINST AGAINST AGAINST child labor. But then I had to go to a M.U.N. (Model United Nations, small scale version of the United Nations) conference. I was representing Chile's stance on child labor. Chile does endorse child labor. So basically, I had to write a speech and debate with other people on why child labor is ABSOLUTELY wonderful. I was like "WTF, I'm screwed."
After a few months of researching for hours on the internet, my view on child labor started to change JUST A LITTLE BIT. Chile is a poor country. More than half of the population falls on or beneath the poverty line. These kids HAVE to work to survive. This is the only way then can meet ends. Their families don't make enough money for them to live on, so the kids have to lend a hand. If I was in the same situation, I would rather quit school than let my family starve to death. Wouldn't you? Farming a few vegetables and working in a factory seems like no big deal to these kids. They've seen much worse jobs. Unfortunately, Chile is not the only country where many kids have to work to live. Third world countries sadly do not have enough funds to focus on a public welfare system.
There is a line where child labor goes to the dark side. One very controversial issue is child prostitution. Girls are mainly the victim here, but some guys have to suffer too. Sadly, nothing is being done about child prostitution. Some people just refuse to acknowledge that an eight year old girl could be selling her virginity; it's not pretty to them, so they block it from their minds. The signs are there. A little girl out on the streets late at night, hoping for a "pimp" to walk by. Tears streaming down her face as she bites back the urge to run back to the safety of her home. The truth is ugly and disgustingly...TRUE.
Some factories in which the children work in are clean and professional...but not all. Most are dark, musty, and disease infested. Who made your shirt? Who made your shoes? Probably kids ranging from the age of 5-10. Maybe even younger. The truth is, kids are becoming blind, getting sick, and dying to make clothes for you. It's sad. But true.
Unfortunately, a few hundred protestors aren't going to do anything to dent this problem. We need an EPIDEMIC. So tell everybody. Inform EVERYONE. Email this article to people. DO something. Save the CHILDREN.
So I'm sure by now a lot of you Otakans have heard the phrase "Save Darfur" Darfur is not a person nor an animal [not even a gopher, despite what rumors may say] but they are a country. A region actually, that lies in Southern Africa. [Darfur is also referred to as Sudan]
For the past few years, a mass genocide has been occuring there. What is genocide? A fancy name for cold blood murder. More than 500,000 people have died (more than half, women and children) and the number is rising. The UN and the Big Five are trying to help with this atrocity, but it's not enough. China is too focused on the upcoming exciting Olympics and America is too into the war in Iraq (which by the way, I think is absolutely USELESS) Efforts to supress genocide isn't working. Guns are still slipping into the market, into their outstretched hands. Women and girls have been mutilated and raped by troops sent to help them, and the boys have also suffered mutilation. The deaths are slow and painful and not quick and merciful. They are crying out to us, but nobody can hear them. But you CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Click here to sign up to be a member of the SAVE DARFUR COALITION. We must take matters into our hands now. Only we can make a difference.
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