Why is the World So Messed Up?

The world is more advanced than it has ever been before. We can talk to people across the world in about 10 seconds. With electronic mail, receivers get their messages instantly. Diseases are being cured, or at least better treated. We can travel across the Atlantic Ocean in about 3 hours.

So why is the world so messed up?

By messed up, I would refer to the hundreds of people starving to death throughout the world everyday. I'd refer to the children throughout much of Africa, Asia, and South America who are dying from diseases whose cures were discovered 50 years ago. In many of these same areas, people flee their countries, leaving their homes behind, everyday, seeking out another place that just might, might be a little bit safer, if they survive the journey.

Yet, so many of these stories are never heard. The American media often chooses to leave this stories out. These are poor people in troubled areas, what else should we expect? Why should we care, or even know, what is happening to them?

I think that we need to know, and that these stories should be on the front page of the paper, not hidden in the back. If there is 100 people dying in the Democratic Republic of Congo everyday, then we should know! If the Bolivian government is in turmoil, then we should know! We should know about the everyday, poor quality of life in the majority of the countries in the world, not just when some catastrophy occurs.

I'm currently a senior college student studying conflict resolution. Unless we know about these problems, we can't fix them. Therefore, this will be a board about the real issues in the world - not just problems in Iraq and Israel. This board will discuss the horrible living conditions and atrocities committed that the U.S. government doesn't bother looking at, because the countries are small, poor, and in no way beneficial to us. This board will discuss the conflicts in South America, Africa, and Asia, that may include war, famine, rebel disturbances, everything that the world needs to acknowledge. The truth cannot be swept under the rug forever.