Bangladesh: The Value of Human Life

The death toll from the Bangladesh factory collapse has surpassed 620. This is in a building which the architect said was not designed to handle industrial equipment. There was an obvious disregard of safety standards for which hundreds paid with their lives.

Are the lives of Bangladeshis seen as equal to those in North America? Why not the same level of outrage? For corporate profits, lives are put needlessly at risk. This is appalling. I feel sad when I think about the victims and their loved ones. Greed is doing too much harm.

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Swaziland: Thousands of virgin girls parade topless for their king

My first reaction was that what a fun country Swaziland is. I should go there. But on a second thought I became sad. What happened to human rights? The king should have a better way to collect his ‘trophy’ wives.

These virgin topless girls are also used as a tourist attraction. Surely there must be a better way to attract tourists in Swaziland – it is a poor country and does need tourists.

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Bush’s sale job for Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Watch this commercial carefully. I am sure you have seen it before many times on your TV. It scares the dickens out of you and then you are asked to spend money for your security. This post is not about the security company, but this does sum up the nature of Bush's sales job. Scare the hell out of you about your security and then pick your pockets to pay for the adventure and use your sons and daughters to fight the war – young men and women are the real and live fuel for these wars. And these young men and women, more often than not, come from poor families.

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