Blog 29

The commonplace article I chose to read today was “Don’t Forget About the War in Uganda” by Nikki Brown. This article struck me as interesting before even reading it because there’s so much corruption the world but there’s so little thought of it in the minds of people who aren’t being affected. This author goes into detail about the children that are abducted and thrown into the army because they are the easiest to brainwash. The war in Uganda is absolutely horrible, but when have you been in a conversation where someone starts talking about it? To me, this is a simple concept: wars, chaos, and disasters are mainly going to affect the people who are living there or have a connection with someone going through it. Take the tsunami in Japan. It got a whole two weeks of mourning in the United States, but they are still trying to work through the destruction overseas. It was a little different for me because one of my best friends and her family moved back to Japan a few years back. It was hard to think about what could have happened to them in the time where we had no communication because of the power shortages there. Now if there was a terrorist attack on Thompson Library, that would affect us a hell of a lot more…simply because this is our home.  This author tells us to inform others and act upon the situation. Yes, I agree that ignorance is of high levels with these situations, but what else can you expect when it’s not affecting us?