It is horrible and tragic that 20 children lost their lives, I couldn't imagine what their families are going through, but here is what I know...
A young man obviously suffered from a mental illness (undiagnosed) and went through a *break* mentally... he shot his own mother after stealing her guns from her gun collection, walked into an elementary school and started shooting. Nobody really knows why. But here is the kicker... every where I look on facebook someone has posted how they are terrified to put their kids in public school because of this, people who live in Canada, not in the states that don't know these children or families are crying over the event... American Media have sensationalized this situation... How about the thousands of families that lose their children every single day to bombings by US drones or their own countrymen in Pakistan? or Afghanistan Or how about the thousands of children that starve to death, or die from infection from filthy water in India or Africa? What Canadian or American families cry for them?
A short while ago a US military man went on a drunken rampage and killed 16 people in Afghanistan in the middle of the night while they slept in their houses... 9 of which were children, one man lost his entire family... And you know what happened to him? Nothing so far. If he had done the same in the US, everyone would be in an uproar demanding justice and he probably would have been shot on sight. But.. I suppose his justification of "I thought I was doing the right thing" (by shooting brown people in their sleep in another country) has actually been taken into account!!! I am MORE outraged by this small story... Mainly because it was NOT in the news... no you have to search for this type of information. "he was on steroids and was drinking" was his defence... What kind of defence is that? He did not plea guilty or innocent either. He admitted to being fully aware of what he did, and was fully aware of what he was doing as he did it... and when he was on trial he gave NO statement, and as they showed the victims and the aftermath of what he did, this father of two stood and watched showing absolutely no remorse. What I learn from this is that it is okay to murder, rape, and beat small children to death in another country, but if it happens in the US to little white kids in a well to do neighbourhood look out!!!
A 14 year old Pakistani girl was shot in the head and neck while her classmates watched on the school bus... do you know why? Because she was proud to go to school... Because she encouraged other girls to do the same... She has survived, but will not be safe in her own country again. The Taliban has vowed to kill her... I didn't see this pasted all over facebook.
At least 10 young girls have been killed after an explosion in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, officials say.The explosion occurred in the Charparhar district on Monday morning.The girls, ranged between nine and 13 years of age, were gathering firewood outside the Dawlatzai village when the explosion took place, said Mohammad Seddiq, a local government administrator.It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.
Seddiq said that two other girls were seriously wounded in the explosion and were in critical condition at a local hospital.
In the first six months of 2012 over 578 children were killed or wounded in Afghanistan.
I am not trying to be callus, or uncaring... I care maybe too much... you weep for the children of one little town, but do nothing to try and help those who's lives are in danger every day. It is up to us to make a difference. WE CAN make a difference... But I suppose everyone is *too busy* so sign petitions, or write a letter to the Canadian or US government, because its not happening on this continent, so it does not affect us, it's not as frightening... it's not so close, so it's okay.
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