Pls watch. I am technologically challenged and therefore cannot upload it to the page.
I appreciate the message of this e-mail but it makes me somewhat angry. Generally I get this 'ah you have no problems' statement and it annoys me because you don't know what my problem is and how it disturbs me, you cannot tell me how I feel. Hence my rant about this video.
Ok so its sad that there is poverty and 'real' suffering in the world and these unfortunate people have to go through it, however why make me feel bad about my own life and my own woes??
Various examples in that video are just annoying...e.g
The road/transport system thing; Yes I will complain about my transport system because it is shit and I have the right to as well, why should I care whether they have roads in Indonesia or not, if I lived there I would probably complain about their transport system too. And I can bet they are complaining about the fact that they have to go over whatever that bridge is...at least they are not swimming across...
What is my point?? That I am tired of people and the world making the West and people that are comfortable, uncomfortable about their lives. I am not saying that you should not feel sympathy towards 'our brothers and sisters' material problems or that we should not be thankful for our lives; what I am saying is- please do not beat me over the head with their problems and make me feel guilty for having my own problems. There is a huge difference between making one feel guilty and pointing out objectively why one's problem can be solved...
As my title implies, one man's major headache is another's minor bruise...pain but not in the same variation and that's how life is in my opinion...
Rant over!
hmmmm i dont know how i feel about this, i agree i wont apologise for my priviledges but i will definitely appreciate them more because i am better off than the next man...
ReplyDeletei think there is a lot of good information in that video and you must agree that in the world we live in today it is necessary to remind people cos we get so wrapped up in stuff. My point is yes we all have individual problems but we should not forget to take time and be thankful and when we can help others. yup. thats it!
Burramint has said my mind. We should really appreciate our advantage more and moan less. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteYou're both mirroring what I said though, people are thankful and appreciate but telling them not to worry about their own problems because there are other people with worse problems does not solve their problem or make it better all the time...Its not just this video,its videos like this in general,this one was the one that triggered my blog!
ReplyDeleteI get where you are coming from..we all have our own problems, yes we should be thankful and grateful because there are people who are worse off than we are but then should we now put aside our own worries? No i don't think so. I worry about the pimple on my forehead, it might not seem important to some but it is a big deal for me. I get the message of the video and i don't think they meant to come across that way i.e trying to make us feel guilty about our privileges. Now what i have a problem with is when those ignorant Nigerians say things like ''See them, na our money their papa dey spend on them o'' That fucking pisses me off.
ReplyDeleteI do think we need to see outside of our own box of worries sometimes. It helps appreciate what we have, and remind us that it could vanish at any given time.
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