No, I never said that their concern is bogus. I think everyone should be concerned about what's happening around them. I think the world would be a lot better place if we all were concerned with what was happening in the world and around us. Most people don't seem to be though. I just think that sometimes it's just easier for people to get their motivation from the TV so they don't have to expend any energy on researching something, call it the "Cause d'jour". It just seems people want to be spoonfed their causes and if a trajedy isn't on the news, even though it may be in their own backyard, they're going to ignore it.
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:46:53 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ugh, I've never liked these type of arguments. > > It is simply impossible to affectively inject yourself into every single > situation that exists involving an issue in which you feel strongly about. > As a person, you can only do what you can do. > > Arguing that someone's concern about a cause is bogus simply because their > ability to affect that cause is limited....seems seriously flawed to me. > > > > Exactly! > > > > How do you feel about this statistic Terry Sciavo Obsessors: > > > > The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) reported an > > estimated 1,400 child fatalities in 2002. NCANDS defines "child > > fatality" as the death of a child caused by an injury resulting from > > abuse or neglect, or where abuse or neglect were contributing factors. > > > > > > > > Why aren't you out there protesting limited funding for CPS, or aren't > > these children "innocent and defenseless" enough for you. Better yet, > > why aren't you volunteering your time to Child Advocates. When my > > wife was a Child Advocate, she would tell me stories about the CPS > > agents that she would work with. She told me that everyone she met > > with was doing the job for the right reasons. They really wanted to > > help protect children from these situations, but they usually had so > > many cases that it was physically impossible to visit each case. She > > also said that these case workers almost always left work with an > > armful of case files that they'd review that night and try to figure > > out which ones they could visit. These case workers are also not the > > world's best paid people. > > > > Look around you people. There's a lot more suffering going on than > > just Terri Schiavo. Yes Terri's situation was tragic. How can you > > justify protesting and bemoaning her suffering and the travesty of > > justice when there are more than enough causes that you really can > > affect and improve. > > > > It really seems like people are lemmings. "Hey look, the news is > > presenting this story, Ohhhh, I must get excited about this cause". > > This is so similar to the Elizabeth Smart story. If it wasn't on the > > news, would the story have drawn in so many people. People offereing > > prayers, search help, donations, etc. In the end, did that have an > > effect on anything. No! She was recovered by a police officer who > > had been briefed by authorities already. How many children weren't > > recovered during that time? > > > > Arrrrgh! Meanwhile, this will become a new platform issue for the > > conservative vs liberal debate. That will be it's legacy............ > > > > > > Someday, I'm going to try to not write in a "stream of conciousness" style > > :) > > > > marlon > > > > > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:18:10 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Man, I hope not. I'd like to see the media go back to covering Iraq. > >> How > >> many innocents are dying there still, every day? > >> > >> It really irks me when I watch the local news at night. 10 or more > >> minutes > >> covering the Schiavo story, and absolutely NO mention of that silly War > >> issue. > >> > >> Don't get me wrong, it is "da Pope-a", and he deserves media coverage, > >> but > >> I feel like we are "forgetting" about too many other important issues > >> when > >> we obsess.... > >> > >> Ray > >> > >> At 10:13 AM 3/31/2005, you wrote: > >> > > Ray wrote: > >> > > Yea, now it's the Pope's turn to hog the headlines. > >> > > > >> > > >> >I wonder if he has a living will? He is on a feeding tube now ... > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152370 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
