XXX -> RE: Watch this if your ipod is only 1G (Jul. 29 2007 18:58:44)
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@Matic But opening eyes doesnt feed one single kids stomach and to know that there is not only a western rich world, but also a poor world i dont need this movie too - we see it all in the news. And only because we do it daily we dont become ignorant towards it. We also eat daily... And why you say it wouldnt be better if everybody were rich? It certainly would be better if everbody had not only something to eat, but also to drive or to watch or to listen. quote:
They wont see this video anyway. I was just referring to the slogan "it could be worse". The point is, if i want to help, i must confront myself with the reasons of poverty. Comparing lifes is not helpful for that. I could compare myself to a african child and consider myself in a good situation. I could compare myself to Donald Trump and can feel like a worm. And on top of that you can compare the life of the poorest man and you will always find a possible situation, which could be worse for him, and in which consideration his poor life seems afterwards not that poor. @Alisa I know, and i think its wrong to compare ones life with another, because it doesnt give any answer. For example: you could say: "poverty and richness, what an injustice (or privilege)!". But you could also say: "the privileged deserve to be privileged" (which implies, the poor deserve poverty, a liberal statement; but am not saying this!). It depends all on the standpoint. If your privileged and you have something to loose you will probably tend to the latter statement, if your poor and want something, to the first. In general: I think the intention of this movie is to create empathy with poor people, so that the listener spends the money on charity. It is directed to western people, because they are the only one who HAVE money. By comparing the life of a seemingly average teenager to poor 3rd wordl kids, it tries to make fun of or caricate the problems of the teenager. No matter how unimportant her problems are, this is a mean method. AS IF it would need a caricature of a western teenager, to show that other people live in poverty. Yes i dont have a good opinion on charity in general. But actually its not an opinion, the organizations say it themselves that it helps almost nothing. So if charity doesnt help, you dont solve the problem by spending MORE money on charity.
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