The World Must Stop Doing Nothing
i was just listening to my ipod and the words of an old song suddenly took on a whole new meaning. it's a song that was written by babyface and stevie wonder about domestic abuse and the lyrics are now describing the situation here in darfur:
"how come? how long?
it's not right, it's so wrong
do we let it just go on?
turn our backs and carry on?
wake up, it's too late
right now we can't wait
she won't have a second try
open up your hearts as well as your eyes"
i have been in darfur for 3 months now and the situation is getting worse, not better, and the world STILL isn't doing anything about it. in the last two weeks 13 more villages have been destroyed. countless lives devastated. people murdered, women and children raped, possessions pillaged, people displaced. it's like we've learned nothing from situations like the holocaust and rwanda. there is a time when the world has to set aside diplomatic relations and get f***ing involved. tomorrow the security council is going to meet in new york and because the government of sudan is planning to boycott the meeting, nothing will happen. nothing will be resolved. the government here will continue to wage their secret war against their own people, while telling the world that they are fighting the "rebels" who are hiding among the civilian population. collateral damage happens. the world will tell themselves that it's an awful situation and that they wish it wasn't happening. but it IS happening. right now. every single day people are being murdered and beaten and raped and robbed and degraded. every single day. every single day that the world doesn't get involved is one more day that the crimes here continue unchecked. maybe the world can live with that, but i can't. maybe if everyone was here with me instead of safe at home and if they, too, fell in love with the people here- the people who are being targeted and wiped out- the world would fight against this. one day we are all going to be held accountable for our actions, or lack thereof.
"how come? how long?
it's not right, it's so wrong
do we let it just go on?
turn our backs and carry on?
wake up, it's too late
right now we can't wait
she won't have a second try
open up your hearts as well as your eyes"
i have been in darfur for 3 months now and the situation is getting worse, not better, and the world STILL isn't doing anything about it. in the last two weeks 13 more villages have been destroyed. countless lives devastated. people murdered, women and children raped, possessions pillaged, people displaced. it's like we've learned nothing from situations like the holocaust and rwanda. there is a time when the world has to set aside diplomatic relations and get f***ing involved. tomorrow the security council is going to meet in new york and because the government of sudan is planning to boycott the meeting, nothing will happen. nothing will be resolved. the government here will continue to wage their secret war against their own people, while telling the world that they are fighting the "rebels" who are hiding among the civilian population. collateral damage happens. the world will tell themselves that it's an awful situation and that they wish it wasn't happening. but it IS happening. right now. every single day people are being murdered and beaten and raped and robbed and degraded. every single day. every single day that the world doesn't get involved is one more day that the crimes here continue unchecked. maybe the world can live with that, but i can't. maybe if everyone was here with me instead of safe at home and if they, too, fell in love with the people here- the people who are being targeted and wiped out- the world would fight against this. one day we are all going to be held accountable for our actions, or lack thereof.
posted by Amy Osborne | 3:39 PM
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