colector: [JournalWriting] Re:Share an Entry Sunday

'I'm not saying we shouldn't help when we can. But to put the
blame entirely on the US (whether that blame comes from
the public or another country's public) is being just irresponsible
and frankly, reveling in its own incompetence.'

I really liked that paragraph mary.I feel like to put the blame on any
one group, whether it be in other countries or here is wrong. Fact is
we all live in the world and are therefore in some small way
responsible, and yet not responsible all at once.

'I also believe that you make your own happy ending.
And THAT is what America, to me anyway, really means.
What many people today have lost sight of.'

I agree with you there too.

--- In JournalWriting@yahoogroups.com, "Mary" <soragne@...> wrote:
>
> --- In JournalWriting@yahoogroups.com, Pamela <paschulea@> wrote:
> > I'm now planning an art piece that will demonstrate how ironic
> > this saying is in our world. As an American - I think I am part
> > of a huge number of people, who read the paper, listen to the news
> > and are numbed by tragedies around the world and in our
> > own neighborhoods -
> > the stamp reads .... and they lived happily ever after.
>
> First, I'm going to apologize for this, Pamela, as this is NOT
> an attack on you, I swear, as this is
> probably going to sound POed and itching for an argument but
> I can't sit quiet about it anymore...
>
> About "the world" vs. "America"...
>
> Celebrities, being under the spotlight... everything they do, say,
> wear, and eat even is under scrutiny. A kid I know the down the
> street od's on prescription pills and alcohol and he barely
> gets a line in the local newspaper. Heath Ledger does it on the
> other hand and there are memorials all over the world. One day
> Scarlett Johansson is one of the year's sexiest women... then
> one afternoon she decides to take a stroll in a most unflattering
> outfit and suddenly she's dropped from the IT list.
>
> Can anyone honestly say that the United States isn't under a
> similar magnifying glass?
>
> People rag on the US and industrialized nations for pollution...
> did you know in many cities in China, most days you can't
> even see the sun? I mean a perfectly "cloudless" day. Because the
> air pollution is so thick sunlight can barely get through.
> In its WORST days, Los Angeles was nothing in comparison.
> Did you know they spray water on the trees in the cities and
> the streets? To keep the soot/dust under control. Did you know
> after walking an hour or two outside a film builds up on your skin?
> WHAT do you think THEIR government is doing about it?
>
> Corruption, crime, etc are just as or more rampant in other
> countries around the world... but we don't hear about how
> incompetent they are, do we?
> We only hear about how they're all suffering and why aren't
> we there to help. WHY is the US alone responsible for that?
> Why is it OUR FAULT if nothing gets done? Is it so much to
> assume that the people within those borders HAVE brains? Doesn't
> the rest of the world get news? Don't they have tv's/internet?
> Well, hell, they keep saying the EURO is worth
> higher and higher than the dollar, I don't hear about the
> French people going out of their way to organize relief help.
> In fact the most I hear from them is WHAT'S GOING ON IN
> HOLLYWOOD NOW?
>
> I keep reading about people complaining how there's so much
> suffering going on in the world and how America is numbed to it all.
> America? I think we're all too well aware of what's going on
> out there... we're constantly reminded of it. My question is
> where is the REST of the world??? And what would happen if
> the US wasn't here? Oh, good God, they'd all have to figure
> it out and fend for themselves.
>
> Folks at Burning Man should save the money spent getting
> there and give it to a local charity they believe in and the time
> they spend there better spent volunteering at shelters and
> relief organizations.. or if they're REALLY concerned about
> helping out in the world then go fly OUT THERE and do something.
>
> Like TEACH those people to use the hands, feet and brains
> God gave them to make a change in their own countries.
> Seriously... was there a UN when the US was fighting the
> British for it's independence?
>
> I'm not saying we shouldn't help when we can. But to put the
> blame entirely on the US (whether that blame comes from
> the public or another country's public) is being just irresponsible
> and frankly, reveling in its own incompetence.
>
> > Isn't that an American Dream (as in fallacy)--
> > that no matter what happens, there is always a happy ending?
>
> I don't think believing in a happy ending is bad. There's
> always the possibility. I believe something positive, even a
> tiny bit of good, can come out. It's called Hope.
>
>

> And I AM an American.
>
> Mary, CT
>