Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Sudan
When Horwitz went to the Sudan, I thought it was absurd how horribly they lived there, but I realized, it has nothing to do with the people or the religion. There are places in the world that have always been centers for poverty. Africa for example has the lowest number of native animals that can be domistaced for any continent (except antarctica). But that doesn't mean it is something that can't be prevented. There are a lot of charities that go into the sudan to help, but an opressive islamic government and a country constantly at Civil war, it is hard to affect change here because in such turbulant times, the people want to hold on to what they know. It will take time to make a difference here and is something that others should think about. I do not think it is a result of Islam or anything to do with the middle east, but just an example of how geography affect people like this. MW
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MW - I strongly agree with your beliefs on why Sudan is a horrible place to live. It might not be the people’s dreamland, but it is what the majority of them have lived with their whole lives, and anything else would be abnormal. I'm sure they would gladly accept a better environment to live in, but, as you said, since they are constantly at civil war it is definitely difficult to make any changes because people certainly want to hang on to what they know. If they were offered nicer places to live, but in a totally separated neighborhood from where they always have lived, do you think they'd move? Would they instead decide to stay with their broken down houses just for sentimental reasons? If they had an option of moving to a better environment, would they all? - a.v.
A.V. to follow up on what you are saying, they definitely might move if they had an alternative. Even the best countries in that area, however, are not doing much 'better.' They have very different government situations, and many neighboring countries have contempt for them since their government aided and abbedded terrorists for so long. It is unfortunate that they suffer because of their government's infractions, but such is the way 'it always happens.' C.S.
A.V. I agree with what you are saying about how if a family had the opportunity to move, all of them would not necessarilly move. In a lot of Eastern Cultures, family is extrememly important, and it would be hard to just get up and leave to live in totally different surroundings. In the U.S. most families could easilly move somewhere else if they really wanted to. Then again, we are not faced with the posiblility of gun fire on our way to work. The U.S. also has the money and resources that other countries do not have. It is easy for us to read the book and come up with an easy answer of "oh let's just move." The people of Sudan however, unfortunately do not all have that choice.
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I am going to be very general, but instead of them moving to our society and being more like us, maybe we should be more like them. In some respects they have more than us. We waste tons of food just at the academy every year, without thinking of others. In Sudan they are very grateful at any food they get, they are not fussy like us. Many of them slow down and take a minute to enjoy the world we live in where as we destroy it with our cars. I believe that in some respects we should be more like the people in Sudan and other parts of Africa. ed
I agree with AV. Nobody wants to move away from where they have grown up or lived for their entire lives. No matter where you are you learn to love the people and environment around you. Even though many people have reached poverty doesn't mean that they would want to leave the lives that they have. Some people may be in a life death situation and may have to choose to move to better surroundings but only becuase they would not be able to get by. -rb
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