Darfur Deception

There is a deception about the genocide taking place in Darfur. According to David Reef, “in order to get people to care, they have to oversimplify.” In other words, activists groups, such as Save Darfur have oversimplified the incident that occurs in Darfur. The deception comes down to money. Activism is usually not a desirable job because the money is scarce. To the many various activists groups out there, a heated competition for donations exists. Also, there is a difference in opinion on the incident in Darfur. American activist groups, the US Holocaust Museum, and the US Congress believe that genocide exists in Darfur. The European Union and other prominent activist groups say otherwise. The media is a major influence in how we view the world, so we must take care to understand our world and view it the correct way-the way it is originally presented.

Battling abortion

Evangelicals tend to use the same argument to defend their stance on pro-life on the case of abortion. They use the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” or they parallel an abortion with the genocide of the Jewish people in Germany, according to Garry Wills. As well, the church has no means of referring to scripture because abortion was not issue addressed in the bible. Even the pope agreed that the case of abortion should be left to the laws of nature. In other words, science and reasoning should be satisfactory methods in justifying abortion. Although, the evangelicals cannot stand to hear what scientists, philosophers, or doctors have to say about abortion. According to Garry Wills, the evangelicals say “The experts have only secular expertise, not religious conviction.” I find that to be a horrible excuse for being able to state opinions on the matter of abortion.

Protest

This protest of about thirty-thousand people in the streets of San Francisco has sparked numerous marches in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Seattle, and New York. I find this interesting because it is band of so many different types of people. Just goes to show that indignation on a serious matter, the war in Iraq, can unite all peoples. Also, on a few signs read “Drop Tuition Not Bombs”, and “Wall Street Gets Rich, Iraqis and GI’s Die.” The public demands that our government take initiative to reform our country and to stop making every issue a business deal. I believe that our war in Iraq was bound to happen even if “September 11, 2001” did not occur. The incident just pushed the date earlier. The objective was to fight terrorism, to find weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein, reform the government, and import foreign oil. From the beginning, there was no clear objective.