Thursday, October 18, 2001

 

Call me heartless, but ...

Today's local morning news program showed a feature about a 13-year-old Afghani boy and his plight during this time of war. He has to carry water to his family three times a day, work with cows in the family field, share a pencil at school ...

Blah, blah, blah ...

I assume this feature was supposed to make me feel sorry for children in Afghanistan. Call me heartless, but I didn't think about those children six weeks ago and I'm not all that concerned about them now. I'm more concerned with the American children who became orphans on Sept. 11.

This isn't a new feeling for me. I've always believed in taking care of our own first. I could never understand why so much government money (read: my tax money) went overseas to help people in other countries when we have so many people right here who need it.

With people living on the streets and children going to bed --- if they even have a bed --- all across America, why should I care about children in Third World countries? Why should I care about children in Afghanistan when my tax money could be going to help children in my own country?

I assume the feature story was meant to make me feel sorry for the children of war. It only served to make me angry and think more about the children of war right here in America.

posted by Anne 10/18/2001 07:24:00 AM