I suppose if we are mere animals deep down, then we would indeed not care about some. But, if we believe that we are better than a brutal animal behavior, then we will have to resolve within ourselves why some lives matter more than others.
I am not breaking any new ground in this blog with this post. From the supremacy of the brahmins and whites, to ALS v. Ebola, there are posts in plenty. I continue to think about them because, well, every day there is something happening to remind me about this lifelong struggle.
Today, it was this:
As many as 500 migrants seeking a better future in Europe may have drowned last week in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy, U.N. refugee officials said Wednesday.Five hundred died. We will read about it, or watch it, feel bad for a few minutes, and then we will shrug our shoulders and move on. If this flashes in our news radars, that is!
If true, the toll would make the incident one of the worst tragedies involving refugees and migrants over the last year.
The survivors in Kalamata included 37 men, three women and a 3-year-old child. They were from Somalia, Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan.Every once in a rare while, we do manage to do the right thing. Like this story about "one of the girls who was abducted from the Chibok school by Boko Haram in 2014 and managed to escape." Remember the Boko Haram kidnapping young girls? At least there are some who cared enough. Thanks to the efforts of Chris Smith, a representative to Congress from New Jersey, this girl and her friend came to the US. She is now a college student--she started college in January.
If only we could focus on such profound issues that will educate us on what it means to be human!
