You know that Syria stuff, right? It's well harsh, innit? Cos there's people dying and that. And, like, no one should die should they? I mean unless they get old and that and then it don't matter anyway cos you're old. I's don't wanna die but I's only 28 so I shouldn't have to cos I can still do stuff like run and cook and that.
That was a conversation I overheard. And by "overheard" I mean I just made it up. Essentially, though, it is what every person in the world is thinking. I know it is because I heard it on the news. So why then do Russia and China enjoy seeing so many people die, and worst still - needlessly? Not like one of those nasty people dying, that's alright. Why can't they just step in and wipe out all the bad guys and save all the good guys? Then everything will be alright. The problem is people will start to think that they are the bad guys and I know Russia and China aren't like that. I've been to Russia and everyone that I met was very nice; unlike those rude South Americans, however. I've met three in my life, I didn't ask where they were from (it didn't matter, I knew they were from that area) and 2 of them were rude and the other just didn't seem that interested in what I had to say.
It's so much easier when we know who the bad guys are. The latest internet sensation KONY2012 has spread like Syrian forces through Homs this week as it aims to raise the profile of Joseph Kony and his barbaric Lords Resistance Army in order to secure his arrest. The glossy Hollywood production has certainly left its mark as nearly 40 million have viewed the video at time of writing this. It's also left a mark on its accounts as well as 25% of its $8.8m income was spent on travel and film-making. With only 30% going towards programmes on the ground in Uganda you could be forgiven for thinking that this is an organisation that haemorrhages money. But they have good intentions and that counts for something, right? Give them a break - they've just spent $2.2m on travelling and making films for crying out loud. How much money have you spent on making a film to help the poor and vulnerable? Nothing, get off their back.
It's always difficult when an argument is nuanced. It means that you are going to have to concentrate longer than you would ideally like. When it is an emotional response, it's easy isn't it? You just find the bad guy and point and say "bad guy". When there is an intelligent discourse then it takes longer doesn't it, because the lines are blurred and it's like "Oh come on, I'm missing Pointless". That's why Star Wars is the best documentary ever. Darth Vader is horrible and Luke Skywalker is good. Anybody who is on Darth Vader's side is therefore horrible and anyone on Luke Skywalker's side is good. Why can't the world just be like Star Wars? But that was a simpler time back then and we won't see their like again.
Hopefully soon the barbaric atrocities in Syria, Uganda and throughout the world will be over and we will have wiped evil from our planet. Until then I'm always on the good side because I'm a good person. Whose side are you on, my young Padawan?