“Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to praise conquerors and acclaim the bully as hero
and aims to rule the world with force and by torture.
Pity the nation that knows no other language but its own
and no other culture but its own.
Pity the nation whose breath is money
and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed.
Pity the nation — oh, pity the people who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away.
My country, tears of thee, sweet land of liberty.”
― Lawrence Ferlinghetti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpQhO35P5W8
How many countries are mired in fighting & wars?
How many people are suffering famine, torture & pain?
How many children have to be traumatised, injured & die before sanity returns to the world?
Why do men torture & kill populations to get power & territory?
How many people flee in a desperate search for safety?
I despair - we have lost our humanity & allow this to happen. Empathy has died.
http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/
Look at these pictures & weep.
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