5 October 2004

What if

What if North Korea have nuclear weapons?
What if we can download beheading videos on the net?
What if bombs go off around the world nearly everyday?
What if Taiwan has cruise missile to hit Shanghai?
What if China goes to war?
What if an eye for an eye make everyone blind?
What if the food we eat are no longer safe?
What if every week 19,231 people commit suicide?
What if every week 46,154 people die of Aids?
What if every week 384,615 people starve to death?
What if there is enough food to feed everyone on the planet?
What if 6% of the world own 59% of it?
What if 41% live without basic sanitation?
What if 14% can't read?
What if 47% live on US$ 2.00 per day or less?
What if poverty forces 100 million children to live on the street?
What if you keep your food in a refrigerator, your clothes in a closet;
What if you have a roof over your head, have a bed to sleep in;
What if you are richer than 75% of the entire world population?
What if Thavara can't go to school because her family can't afford it?
What if health care workers turn peoples away because they have no medicine?
What if Nong who has HIV want to be strong for her son?
What if we can all just get along?

Ha!
Then what?





Alright, now read them again. Slowly.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

why do we always fight such small fights?

this has been bugging the crap out of me!

there's a war going on

and we sit here and engage in these meaningless battles

with ourselves!




is it because we need a means to an end?

or because we feel unequipped for the real war?





properly equipped soldiers don't fight meaningless battles

when was the last time you saw a marine write a parking ticket?


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guns don't kill people
bullets kill people

Luv, Xiaoyun