I am angry, sad, and disgusted by the messages that I’ve been reading on internet forums and blogs in regard to the recent earthquake in China, in which, as the toll currently stands, 50,000 people have lost their lives. People have been saying that “China got what they deserve” for human rights abuses, eating dogs, and wearing fur. Are you serious? That sounds straight out of a Jerry Falwell or John Hagee sermon! That is the same cold-hearted rationale that justifies AIDS as ‘God’s punishment’ on the GLBT community, or Hurricane Katrina as ‘Divine wrath’ on the United States for ‘straying away’. And what startles me even more is how SILENT people have been, when normally they join the public displays of mourning for tragedies in other nations. Is this tragedy any different from any disaster? Or suddenly their deaths have no meaning because they are Chinese, and government of the land in which they live in is flawed and corrupt? HELLO?! Human life is human life, and it is precious no matter what race, creed, class, sexual orientation, ethnic background, gender, political affiliation, national origin or caption. No person deserves to die in that manner. A natural disaster, in which thousands of children died, is not a sort of retribution for the policies, actions, and injustices of their government.
Even if you disagree with their politics, can you not extend some grace, mercy, love and compassion? Perhaps be the bigger person?
I have come across these messages, and many more like them:
“I seen documentaries,with Pallets stacked almost 6 feet high,with animal skins on them,cats and dogs.I seen caged dogs for food. What is wrong with you people!!! You have no hearts I fucking wish sometimes you could feel what it feels like to be skinned alive and your family got eaten and see how it feels!!! Damn you heartless Chinese people! You are all so fucked up!!! Fur farm i China is totally fucking gay if you are Chinese then you are fucking animal killer fag! You chinese people deserved to be hit by that earthquake! This is what you get for mistreating animals! Take that fuckcos!!”
“Rot in hell commie fagget chinks!”
“It's all Karma - it's all part of the whole China/Tibet issue.”
“You reap what you sow.”
“I don't like Chinese, I think they have no morals, too materialistic.”
I just can’t believe people can be so cynical and heartless about this. Have a good afternoon.
1 comments:
I agree with you 110%.
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