Ugh.
Hannah says: That is truly, truly sad. No one even bothered to leave me a message to inform me of the death of common sense and courtesy for others. May they rest in peace.
Ooooh, excellent idea...
Hannah says: Okay, here's my rather off-the-top-of-my-head response to the suggested topic: Christians have a Biblical obligation to assist the poor and underprivileged in the rest of the world, whereas non-Christian Americans have a simpler moral obligation. Even if one, as a non-Christian American, doesn't believe all the hooey about the golden rule and whatnot, there should still be an underlying duty, as the richest nation in the world, to help those who cannot help themselves.
I can't name any statistics specifically, but even the most poverty-stricken, working-class American makes many hundreds of times more than anyone with a job in Sudan, for instance. We always see those presentations in church about "Support the needy--just a dollar a day," and how that pays for everything they could possibly need, for meals, for children's school supplies, everything. How can
any American, no matter what their position in life, Christian or non-Christian, hear about that and not feel utterly convicted? How can we waste so much food, and spend our money on needless, ridiculous trash, when somebody dying of hunger halfway across the world could be saved for a fraction of the money we spend on a new CD? It really does all tie into materialism, greed, and selfishness. Americans never think about anyone but themselves, and this is by far the best example of that.
Anyway. I think I know what I'll write my persuasive speech about now. ;^) Ciao!
Mmmm, fresh blog...
Hannah says: Hooray, it's the first post!
