A television programme I watched reported an unexplained phenomenon of hundreds of birds and fish falling dead.
They raised the question: Is this the onset of the apocalypse?
I was taken aback by the question – are they serious?
In Columbia, 79,000 people are missing; in Argentina, thousands are unaccounted for; while millions face displacement, injury, or death in Syria. Alongside these, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, China, and numerous African nations are rife with countless missing and deceased individuals.
Have our senses become so numb? Do we accept the dehumanization occurring on such a vast scale without demanding some form of inquiry? Does the UN believe that because only the powerful on the security council remain passive, the rest of the world can suffer unchecked?
Who bears responsibility for this devastation? Who is expected to change the state of our world?
And lastly, why does Shorten prioritize disrupting the plebiscite on gay marriage? Shouldn’t advocating for world peace and safeguarding the vulnerable take precedence for him?
The answer is politics… it’s more convenient to secure media attention and self-promotion in a political arena than to tackle the serious global issues we face today.
Shorten serves merely as an illustration. Politics governs every country worldwide, rather than the people’s will. The public detests witnessing death, abduction, displacement, and harm inflicted upon individuals.
Yet, similar to Shorten’s involvement and the presidential election, media focus remains on trivial matters rather than the significant issues at hand.
Shame on us all.
by TOG
