While we all sit behind our TVs and mourn the loss 30 Virgina Tech students 127 people died in Iraq, the result of 4 bombings; eleven were killed in Mogadishu amidst fighting between rebel groups and Somalian troops; 50 people died in Nigeria when government elections faced charges of fraud causing mass protest; continuing violence in Darfur has resulted in 200,000 murders and the displacement of 2.2 million people. While we sit in dismay, and read the Virgina Tech murder's blog post in a vain attempt to find his motive, our fallen in Iraq reached 3, 309 resulting 6, 618 mothers and fathers without their child."Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes--one child every five seconds."
"Worldwide, more than 1 billion people currently live below the international poverty line, earning less than $1 per day."
"In 2006, 4.3 million people become infected with HIV and 2.9 million people died of AIDS."
While our 24 hour cable news covers nearly exclusively Virgina Tech, Israeli's fear each trip to the cafe, Iraqi's fear stopping at the market, and millions in the world face torture and murder at the hands of repressive regimes, many of them US backed.
"In extreme situations when human lives and dignity are at stake, neutrality is a sin. It helps the killers, not the victims." -Elie Wiesel
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