This clip really makes you think sometimes…
When I first saw the movie Lord of War a few years ago, I walked in 5 min late and missed the intro. The rest of the movie was so intriguing I rented the movie a few days later just to watch the beginning. Most movies (including this one) are a figment of some creative mind’s imagination, but this movie does carry a sad truth.
This month the world’s attention will zero in on Africa for the world cup. South Africa will be putting its best foot forward, showing the world that Africa can indeed host an international event of such proportions. The sadness of it all is that while the world’s focus is on Africa, it will miss a glaring and ugly side of the continent: they’re killing each other. All across Africa, from Cote d’Ivoire to Sierra Leone to Somalia, civil wars and local feuds rage on, claiming millions of lives and pressing an entire generation of youth into armies and militias.
I wonder, when ESPN covers the world cup this year, how many minutes of airtime will even be spent mentioning this sad fact? When NBC covers the Olympics, they spend the bulk of the downtime between events talking about either athletes’ personal stories or the host country’s local culture. So how much of ESPN’s downtime will be devoted to talking about Africa’s darker side?
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Good point, Jack. "Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." -Benjamin Disraeli
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