Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Facebook status

So today's rant is about people who bully their Facebook "friends" into agreeing with and adopting their biased statuses. "I bet 99% of you will be afraid to paste this as your status!". Usually involves religion, politics, or just plain selfishness... The one going around today is something to the effect of "... so if you're sick of sending aid to foreign nations when people are going hungry in THIS country blah blah blah..."
What about all people being equal? What about being all God's children?

Yesterday was Holocaust Rememberance Day. Of the 6 million or so people who perished in the ultimate hate crime, about 1.5 million were children. Cut down too soon without a chance to play and learn and grow and love... What if one of those sweet babies was supposed to grow up and find the cure for AIDS? Or Cancer? Or Autism?
So before you begrudge a few penny's worth of medicine that prevents a child in Haiti from dying of dysentery, ask yourself if you're willing to take that chance again. I'm not.
Everyone, regardless of geography, religion, or race, deserves the right to go to bed in a safe place- with a full belly- after a long day of playing, learning, loving, and growing.