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08/24/2005 10:48:10 AM · #51 |
Here is his profile...glass_slippers
Interesting forum post and profile details. ;^)
Originally posted by rex:
Originally posted by gibun:
mr glass slippers, a chit from long ago... |
Don't remember.....please enlighten. |
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08/24/2005 10:48:55 AM · #52 |
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:
Oh yea is such a great thing to make fun of the starved children in the 3'rd world. I keep rolling on the floor loughing. Can't stop. |
I'll bet you would bust a gut watching South Park.
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08/24/2005 10:59:41 AM · #53 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Here is his profile...glass_slippers
Interesting forum post and profile details. ;^)
Originally posted by rex:
Originally posted by gibun:
mr glass slippers, a chit from long ago... |
Don't remember.....please enlighten. |
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I marked him as a fav. I will go back tongiht and read. wuickly scanned and they seem very entertaining
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08/24/2005 02:13:38 PM · #54 |
| Someone accused my nude challenge entry as a "Chit" entry. Ya caught me. Some times I think this site has lost some of it fun and sense of humour. Chit helped a bit, come on back. |
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08/24/2005 02:32:43 PM · #55 |
Just bullcrap. Bullcrap, I tell ya! LOL
Shouldn't make fun of him, consider where he lives. It's sad.
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Here is his profile...glass_slippers
Interesting forum post and profile details. ;^)
Originally posted by rex:
Originally posted by gibun:
mr glass slippers, a chit from long ago... |
Don't remember.....please enlighten. |
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09/20/2005 09:16:19 PM · #56 |
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:
Exactly. Like I said, most people choose to ignore sad and painful things that don't affect them directly. I mean isn't it easier to watch a good comedy hav a lough than go to sleep satisfied? Ignorance is bliss they say. I have no problem with that. Like you say everyone has a different perspective in life and who am I to judge? They go millions to G8 concert just to see eminem and snoop doggy dog but I doubt 2% of those people really gave a poop about what that was all about, starving people in the 3'rd world. I have no problem with that eyther, I just got a bit ofended by the fact that starved children were included in an sarcasm about dpc'ers being too spoiled throwing away food, while children starv elsewere, and I think that should be no sarcasm it's reality in you won't belive how many placess. Ofcourse the few botles of milk that were thrown away for the challenge won't make any difference, that's why I said, if you were serious in your first post I would of told you you are overreacting. |
It's not about choosing to ignore, it's about what you can accomplish. Truth is your average citizen of a developed nation has very little control about what happens outside of their small community. There is enough food on this planet to feed everyone sufficiently. But when developed nations donate food / money, very little (if any) of that food actually gets to the people who need it. Be it stopped by governments, red tape, or countless other barriers.
The end result is a surplus of food / money stuck here while we sit around with our thumbs up our butts, unable to do anything.
A joke such as the one at the start of this thread doesn't make fun of starving children, it makes fun of western nations who have the ability to stop the suffering, but choose not to, or are unable to. You need to realize that the average citizen has virtually no control over what happens to it's tax dollars and or donations to third world contries.
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09/20/2005 10:40:51 PM · #57 |
Ishles, I just have to say that I think you have shown an incredible amount of understanding, tact, and empathy with regard to the comments on your intended-to-be-sarcastic-and-funny thread. This is one of the reasons I like DPCers so much. We can try to make light of very serious situations (that indeed is the purpose of humor - to help us deal with those inequities of life), yet still maintain a modicum of decorum and tact when explaining your point of view.
Hats off to you bro'. Yes, I'm certainly conscious and saddened by the injustices of the world, but if we don't retain our sense of humor, then I'm not sure that the world would be a very happy place for any of us.
frumoaznicul: I think that Ishles has clearly stated that his comments were meant in jest. I can't possibly imagine what you have gone through or seen in your part of the world - I only have my own experience to go by. But, even when issues are dear to my heart - and in-my-face every day, I still try to see the humor in every day life and fate. It's frequently not pretty and sometimes it is completely unacceptable, but if we can at least try to see those issues from another person's point of view (regardless of how offensive of off-hand it may seem at the moment), then I personally think that there is some hope for humankind. Without that type of empathy and desire to see things from a different point of view, I think that the world is a very dark and dismal place for everyone.
Just my 2 cents...
EDIT: Well said jadin. :-)
Message edited by author 2005-09-20 22:43:15.
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