Tsunami damage, large death toll, and why I don’t care.
Earlier in the day, I received a call from SAO asking if my hall had any plans to kickstart some charity / fundraising program for the victims of the recent earthquake / tsunami perfect 99-hit combo fatality. I simply told the guy no.
I suspect someone up there with his thumb in his ass is planning some sort of fundraising event. That call did not bode well.
Later on at night, my dad messaged me asking why NTU didn’t have some sort of charity program benefitting the quake victims. I told him quite frankly that I was thankful there was no such program, and that I hoped I would be left out of it if and when it was finally launched.
He simply replied, “Well, at least I know my son.”
WTF?! Felt a little pissed. know me?! Does anyone realise that my potential involvement with any dumb charity project will extend beyond simply making a donation?? I will probably have to provide manpower, collect the money, old clothes, food and shit, sort the damn things, put them neatly into bags, total the donations, bring everything up to SAO etc…
And while we are on this topic: How come everyone seems so concerned about the bloody quake victims?? I didn’t hear anyone ask me about donations for the victims of the Iraq war. 80000? Pah. The Iraq war death toll easily exceeds 100000, and is still ticking. How come no one wants to send those people clothes and blankets? Too hot in the middle east? Maybe it violates some clause in our beloved FTA? Maybe the tsunami affected more than just brown-skinned people? Or maybe it’s cool to be seen to be doing something for those poor, helpless folks? Fuck, learn to swim and get the hell out of my life.
P.S. This post is far from well thought-out and eloquent because I’m just typing off the top of my head.
UPDATE: Yunjia reminded me of the word: “Wayang”. Couldn’t summarize everything better.
Gary :: Dec.30.2004 :: Old Deadjournal posts, Bitchin' :: Comments Off
