Why Is No One Talking About Sudan?

[spathiphyllum]

It's a media black out. Big surprise.

[spathiphyllum]

"Let's be honest, who gives a monkeys?"

If you check the twitter link i provided, you'll discover that a hell of a lot of people care.

[Ken4155]

Very telling quote from the comments in your link, spath; "Give Sudan the same energy y'all gave that empty building in Paris."

[spathiphyllum]

Exactly ken. Who cares about a old church with no people in it, compared to an entire country?

Hundreds dead, hundreds injured, hundreds raped... Not one care. I mean, not just that, but Baldrics comment.. Really isn't worth a second read. Disgusting.

[mushroom25]

//Exactly ken. Who cares about a old church with no people in it, compared to an entire country? //

come on then Spath, what are we supposed to do? what can Mr Man-in-the-Street do about this? in fact, what can the UN do about this?

[spathiphyllum]

Well, i mean it appears that if you throw money at such things, you get results. Again lets look at notre damn.. what on earth were we suppose to do? Well millionaires threw millions at it in the hope to resolve it.

We are suppose to raise noise, and shame what's going on. Start a movement be it a verbal one or not, letting the world know we don't think this is OK. Letting sudan know this is not OK.

Their military needs over turning. Not something i can do.

[spathiphyllum]

"come on then Spath, what are we supposed to do?"
The absolute least "we" can do is give a damn.

[naomi24]

//The absolute least "we" can do is give a damn. //

What will that achieve?

You complain about money being spent on preserving European history and heritage, but if we threw that money at Sudan instead what do you think would happen to it? Would it solve the problem?

[spathiphyllum]

"What will that achieve? "

It will achieve a level of human emotion, and stop you from being some apathetic robot

[spathiphyllum]

"You complain about money being spent on preserving European history and heritage"

Do i?.. If millionaires want to throw money at something, let them. It's their money. I've said it;s silly, but i've not said they can't do it.

My complaints are with the lack of interest towards the subject, Naomi.

[spathiphyllum]

I dano, i mean some people get upset about the treatment of donkeys in egypt, yet don't give a hoot about people being slaughtered and raped in the streets by their own military in Sudan. *** up world. The reaction to 10clarionst joking about kicking a dog, is the kid of reaction i expected towards the Sudan issue.

[naomi24]

I'm no apathetic robot. I'm realistic. All the hand-wringing and virtue signalling in the world isn't going to solve the problem.

By the way, Sudan isn't forgotten by this country. We've been giving financial aid for years and have recently increased it.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-uk-aid-support-for-south-sudan

[naomi24]

//"You complain about money being spent on preserving European history and heritage"

Do i?.. //

Yes, you do.

[spathiphyllum]

"I'm no apathetic robot"

I would disagree. You've come onto the thread, tried to imply it's pointless, and with a "so what" attitude. Implying i should forget about it because there is nothing i can do.

Don't worry, you're not the only one.

[spathiphyllum]

"Yes, you do."

I'm not complaining, just expressing how pointless and stupid it is. Compared to actual tragedy like Grenfell or Sudan.

[naomi24]

spath, you are at liberty to disagree but you'd be wrong. You're hand-wringing and complaining about other posters to the point of insulting them - but that achieves nothing. There is nothing we can do about it.

Furthermore, preserving our history and heritage isn't stupid.

[spathiphyllum]

"Furthermore, preserving our history and heritage isn't stupid."

That's simply a matter of opinion.

Notre dam is preserved online, in games, in memory, in books, in films. You really think if it burned down, that'd be it all forgotten and gone?

It wasn't so much the fact it got money and support, it's how much and how quickly. When Grenfell burned down, where was the support

People are warped in the head.

[Paigntonian]

Because we don't want to fall out with the Saudis. Was ever thus.

[spathiphyllum]

How RR see's dominance - shooting a gun at a dog, locking them in sheds.

What i mean when i say dominance... Eat before them - set the pace and direction when walking - have them on a leash - maintain higher ground - not moving out the way for them or letting them lay in your way

[spathiphyllum]

wrong thread ^

[New Judge]

Nobody is asking because I doubt many are interested!