12.9.06
evelyn from class 4/9 spoke to us sec4 IP students today during special interest lecture.her presentation was abt genocide,mainly in sudan,darfur.
i didn't know anything abt genocide until today,and i must say,it hurts alot.evelyn said that many ppl dont take actions and stands against genocide,and silence means consent,so by remaining silent,we're actually agreeing to genocide takin place in places like sudan.
i agree that the world today is pretty screwed(sry i have to use this word so bluntly),in our hearts and minds.it's just so easy to dismiss all the bad things happening around us.ppl watch the news abt bombings and killings,they go "oh that's sad" and continue eating their dinners.
but honestly,i don't think we've lost all our humanity.some ppl might actually want to care,and they truly feel for these victims,but it's precisely because it hurts so much and so horrible,we don't know HOW to care.and we don't have the courage to do so.
it's just so much easier to know these happenings in our hearts and do nothing,because they all seem so distant from us.we tell God how bad the world is now,we pray for the ppl suffereing,but to really take part in helping them is sth not many can achieve.
when i listened to evelyn's presentation,i was so so so tempted to just forget it after i step out of the auditorium,not because i dont have a heart,but because it's so depressing that i can hardly believe it's really happening in this world.and i've only seen the pictures.imagine seeing the real thing happening if u go to africa.
it's so depressing that i feel tired just thinkin abt it.such things happen all the time,so often,in fact,that we've become numb to it.we let those victims handle the situation themselves,because we want to continue to live in our own blissful and protected world,where no one gets starved,raped and murdered for no good reason.
i don't know how many of you reading this get my point,but im just sayin im one of the many in this world who is tempted to just let it go and dismiss it as "another sad thing in this world".but sth told me not to.i don't want to pretend the world is beautiful anymore.
maybe it was my quiet time ytd.i was reminded to show concern for those who need it,to stand up for justice when i see injustice.
no one deserves to be treated like that.not jews,not blacks,and certainly not those villagers in darfur.
im not sure what action im going to take,but like evelyn said,merely bloggin abt this issue of genocide and telling my frens abt it is takin a stand and action already,no matter how small it may seem.
so to those who know nth abt the ppl in darfur,takin refuge in chad because their homes are being burned and ppl being murdered brutally right this minute,i'm here to say...it's real,and it's happening.
the women go back to darfur every now and then to gather food because the living conditions in the borders of chad is harsh.the men cant go back because they are shot immediately if spotted,but women are merely raped,so at least they survive and return to their families with food.
that's life for these ppl.they choose life over the sacred virginity of women because they have been forced to do so by reality,by genocide.
i don't know how i can let you know the suffering of these ppl through a single entry,but just know that genocide is causing many innocent ppl to lose their loved ones and habitat.
they believe in God,and they pray to Him,despite everything that is happening to them.let us pray for these ppl:
Dear Father in Heaven,Hallowed is Your Name,Let Your Kingdom Come,and may Your Will be done among the ppl in Darfur,as it is done in Heaven.Give them today their daily Bread,Forgive them their sins,as they forgive those who sin against them.Do not bring them to the Test,but deliver them from Evil.Amen.
tranquility ; 9/12/2006 06:54:00 pm.
