What would you do if you saw a freezing child?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:33 pm
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Also true in America.Sam Vara wrote:That's really heartwarming stuff. Sadly, in my country it would be difficult for men on their own to intervene, because of the widespread fear of being thought to be a paedophile.
That isn't cynical. At all. And I'm not being sarcastic. At all.david.sojourn wrote:Also true in America.Sam Vara wrote:That's really heartwarming stuff. Sadly, in my country it would be difficult for men on their own to intervene, because of the widespread fear of being thought to be a paedophile.
I fear to look in the general direction of a playground, not because I have any ill intention, but because the Ignorance and Fear of the parents is so strong, the first assumption in their minds is that I must be a danger to their child.
Little do they know, we condition our own fates.
The world is isolating itself through fear and Ignorance. It's very apparent in America, where people simply don't interact with one another at all, unless they absolutely have to.
*Shrug*
I'm sure the Apocalypse will sort it out. Just as soon as we get these World Wars underway....
SarathW wrote:Is that all we can do to a freezing child?
I saw this woman in the street sleeping with her three children. (Say age 6,5,3)
I gave her some money to by the lunch.
I asked my self:
Is that all I can do?
Use http://www.charitynavigator.org/, search for areas you want to help and then contribute..SarathW wrote:I saw this woman in the street sleeping with her three children. (Say age 6,5,3)
I gave her some money to by the lunch.
I asked my self:
Is that all I can do?
This year I've been doing some voluntary work on a scheme befriending older people. Sometimes small things can make a big difference.santa100 wrote:Use http://www.charitynavigator.org/, search for areas you want to help and then contribute..SarathW wrote:I saw this woman in the street sleeping with her three children. (Say age 6,5,3)
I gave her some money to by the lunch.
I asked my self:
Is that all I can do?
With an ageing population in the west it's only to get more difficult. Here in the UK there are regularly news stories about abuse of older people.santa100 wrote:That's good work too. The suffering due to neglect and loneliness old people are facing in Western world's nursing homes is just as terrible as the hunger of children in other parts of the world..
Most hungry African children are probably more than ready to move to a first world nursing home, while very, very few inmates of first world nursing homes would be ready to move to a roadside in Africa and sleep below the floor of a small shop... not to speak of too little food, dirty water, constant threat of getting abused and/or killed... not to speak of neglect and loneliness beyond (obviously) your imagination.santa100 wrote:That's good work too. The suffering due to neglect and loneliness old people are facing in Western world's nursing homes is just as terrible as the hunger of children in other parts of the world..