Double Standards

Disclaimer : I am merely stating a point. Artistic integrity and free speech etc. And sod it, you guys think it too.

Today on the news was more about some bombing or killing in pakistan, iran or iraq. Or maybe it was darfur. Coming from a debating background I remember how passionate I was about global conservation and world peace. I used to remember dates and how many were killed. Now I barely register these things. Actually, I skip it to read the horoscope section and a bit about diana's post-mortem. And to be fair, being in the UK makes you tired of hearing about war and famine. I am starting to integrate, and yes, I have gotten cynical, and I know I am privilidged. I know I am part of the 10% of the world controlling 70% of its wealth.

Today, yes, some school got bombed. And when I heard it was a madrasah, the first thing that came to my mind was reprehensible. 'Oh I don't mind, its the men who cause all the trouble anyway. The women are fine, if a bit brainwashed. But that can be changed' It reminded me of the time I thought about the entire middle east tirade. 'It would be a lot cheaper if we just left them to settle in the grave they dug, its none of our business. Heck, nuke em so they will learn to leave us in peace.'

Who can tell who is right ? I am in the first world, where I moan that the buses come late, I eat takeaway and will personally create an olympic-sized pool of refuse per annum. I've always thought we never ought to have a say in third world politics, simply because we don't understand it, or learn about it. And in order to solve third-world crisis, every single one of us in the first world has to stay somewhere backwater, say oh, new orleans, to get it.

We are all going in a handbasket, we are. I feel really bad.

But to be honest, I am glad its not me who is stuck in some camp with no education, no food and no rights.