There was this old trailer park in Canandaigua. It was off of lake shore drive, around the back of the MacDonald's. One of the trailers had tiger stripes painted all around the outside. As of right now I think it has all been torn down.
From my knowledge, over in the middle east in 3rd world countries, such as parts of Africa, people live like animals. Not that they choose to do so, but the land they are native to has close to no natural resources. Barren lands means its next to impossible for a small village to make an income. With poor soils they have loads of trouble even growing food for themselves, obtaining clean water, and purchasing weapons. These people are born here with next to no form of organized government. Making living with a sense of mortality and being civilized difficult to establish. The little government they have is often corrupt and going through civil war. Government armies are no match for a small village native to a land of turmoil. There's no chance for the village men to fight. Militias bring automatic weapons and explosives. There's no law in these places. Murder is not the case, because there is no case. No decision on whether by law these crimes are right or wrong. What happens, happens. Kidnappings, murders, and rape is regular.
Now you have a basis of these two situations. A trailer park in our community, that has been slowly declining for the past 10 years because of continued mistreatment and age, gets torn down. Replacing this space in Canandaigua, with opportunity for profits from mild expansion. Then you have Militia raiding helpless villages in 3rd world countries.
Some how I came up with a comparison of these situations, being which one did you feel more sorry for. My Mother who I was discussing this with said that she feels more for the people loosing their old trailer park, than the people loosing their lives, homes, and families. Her point being that it was close to where we reside and that's where us as citizens can make an impact. Which is much like what the priest said in our example profile. I personally disagree. I think we should be aware of problems close to home but out side of our lines as well. This situation has crazy potential to lead into worthless political arguments resulting in frustration and anger. But my point is that a human should feel more sorry for loss of life than a loss of a home. Especially when the ones loosing their homes had the money to pay for the paint to put tiger stripes on the trailer, while the ones loosing their lives, cannot pay but pray for food, sleep, and safety. Its bizarre to me how anyone could feel more sorry for a this worthless trailer park, than lives being lost.
From my knowledge, over in the middle east in 3rd world countries, such as parts of Africa, people live like animals. Not that they choose to do so, but the land they are native to has close to no natural resources. Barren lands means its next to impossible for a small village to make an income. With poor soils they have loads of trouble even growing food for themselves, obtaining clean water, and purchasing weapons. These people are born here with next to no form of organized government. Making living with a sense of mortality and being civilized difficult to establish. The little government they have is often corrupt and going through civil war. Government armies are no match for a small village native to a land of turmoil. There's no chance for the village men to fight. Militias bring automatic weapons and explosives. There's no law in these places. Murder is not the case, because there is no case. No decision on whether by law these crimes are right or wrong. What happens, happens. Kidnappings, murders, and rape is regular.
Now you have a basis of these two situations. A trailer park in our community, that has been slowly declining for the past 10 years because of continued mistreatment and age, gets torn down. Replacing this space in Canandaigua, with opportunity for profits from mild expansion. Then you have Militia raiding helpless villages in 3rd world countries.
Some how I came up with a comparison of these situations, being which one did you feel more sorry for. My Mother who I was discussing this with said that she feels more for the people loosing their old trailer park, than the people loosing their lives, homes, and families. Her point being that it was close to where we reside and that's where us as citizens can make an impact. Which is much like what the priest said in our example profile. I personally disagree. I think we should be aware of problems close to home but out side of our lines as well. This situation has crazy potential to lead into worthless political arguments resulting in frustration and anger. But my point is that a human should feel more sorry for loss of life than a loss of a home. Especially when the ones loosing their homes had the money to pay for the paint to put tiger stripes on the trailer, while the ones loosing their lives, cannot pay but pray for food, sleep, and safety. Its bizarre to me how anyone could feel more sorry for a this worthless trailer park, than lives being lost.
An interesting, thoughtful post, Joe. I can make strong arguments for both sides, but what's probably the most important is taking the time, as you've done, to think about the world and how we live in it.
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