You may well ask "Apathy? How can you be against apathy? Being against apathy is like being against beige!"
But apathy is indifference; apathy is uncaring, unmotivated; apathy is a pandemic of unseen magnitude that ebbs and flows around us everywhere. People know more about sports personalities than who makes the laws in their country. They know more about who is dating whom in the film world than how their governments use their money. Why? Because that is the way the Governments want it. In 1964 people, like you and me, around the world were outraged by South Africa's treatment of its black population, and Anti-Apartheid protests swayed the IOC to ban the South African team from competing. Now, in 2008, China: a country with a human right record that would make D.F. Malan weep in horror, is hosting these games, and why? Because people have forgotten how to complain. It was only a generation ago that our parents were screaming "BAN THE BOMB" around the world or protesting against the Vietnam War. But now people are content to sit and watch TV and think "someone else will deal with it" but you are wrong! If you are not against these injustices, then you are for them, if you do nothing to help people who need it, who will help you?
The is no Justice, Just US
If you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem!
And finally, no matter what religion you are, whether you have one or not, the universal maxim is:
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" - Please respect each other and protect each other, we are all we have!
Posted by anonymous at May 9, 2008 5:21 AMwell, here's some apathy at work for ya.
Posted by: at May 19, 2008 8:10 PM