another day in paradise
Ever think about it this way? Each time you go out to buy a new sweater, or the latest designer label handbag, you spend about what? $40-$80? I don't know about you, but I am an impulsive buyer. I don't shop a lot, but when I do, I do it to make myself feel a little better. get a new coat, look pretty sharp, i'm feelin it.
Now, if you watch world vision, it takes about $30 a month to help a kid get basic necessities such as food and water and shelter so that he can one day make you those shoes or whatever product you wanna buy to make you happy.
Now, this is not a guilt trip on your or me. What I am trying to get at is a little more fine-tuned than the obvious worldvision kid with flies in his mouth. What I am getting at is quite centered on the individual.
I am just wondering why buying a new sweater to wear to the peacock parade makes me happier than feeding and clothing a child for a month. think about it. it's quite a commentary really, on our culture at large. OUR culture. and I don't know what to make of it. Is it because we are so far removed from the rest of the world? but then, how about these imagined communities? the plea to common human dignity?
might not be so common after all. je ne comprend pas.
Now, if you watch world vision, it takes about $30 a month to help a kid get basic necessities such as food and water and shelter so that he can one day make you those shoes or whatever product you wanna buy to make you happy.
Now, this is not a guilt trip on your or me. What I am trying to get at is a little more fine-tuned than the obvious worldvision kid with flies in his mouth. What I am getting at is quite centered on the individual.
I am just wondering why buying a new sweater to wear to the peacock parade makes me happier than feeding and clothing a child for a month. think about it. it's quite a commentary really, on our culture at large. OUR culture. and I don't know what to make of it. Is it because we are so far removed from the rest of the world? but then, how about these imagined communities? the plea to common human dignity?
might not be so common after all. je ne comprend pas.
