Comments on: How blind do you have to be? http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Khloud http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2790 Khloud Tue, 01 May 2007 16:51:19 +0000 http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2790 Dear Yasser, Congratulations, you won a Thinking Blogger Award. Visit this link for more information http://khloud.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/5-blogs-that-make-me-think-the-thinking-bloggers-award/ Dear Yasser,

Congratulations, you won a Thinking Blogger Award.

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]]> By: Haq islam http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2779 Haq islam Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:20:30 +0000 http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2779 Jazakallah for sharing this clip with us Jazakallah for sharing this clip with us

]]> By: hurmey http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2771 hurmey Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:30:44 +0000 http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2771 hi ,yassir. i have long time no see you ,how are you ,and what about your studying . now i am studying in vietnam ,very near china .in here i studying the vietnamnese and english . hi ,yassir.

i have long time no see you ,how are you ,and what about your studying .

now i am studying in vietnam ,very near china .in here i studying the vietnamnese and english .

]]> By: Wil Robinson http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2766 Wil Robinson Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:41:37 +0000 http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2766 This clip speaks to what scares me the most about society today. People are too willing to ignore those things that interfere with their day to day lives of luxury, material goods, and ignorant bliss. They turn away from those things that scare them, unwilling to believe that they can change it, instead assuming that someone else will handle it, or worse, that not all life is as valuable. The scenes of Africa particularly were disturbing - and something that I think gets ignored even more than the wars waged in the name of 'Democracies'. No one seems to care too much about Africa - Sudan, Sub-Saharan Africa, HIV/AIDS pandemic, Malaria epidemics, corrupt governments, etc. These are all problems that I believe the whole world can get behind regardless of politics. But politics does always get in the way, doesn't it? For every $1 USD the United States gives to a Sub-Saharan African in foreign aid, the US gives $250 USD to an Israeli... Israeli per capita income is upwards of $14,000 USD per year...needless to say Sub-saharan Africa is less than $1,000. Priorities... This clip speaks to what scares me the most about society today. People are too willing to ignore those things that interfere with their day to day lives of luxury, material goods, and ignorant bliss. They turn away from those things that scare them, unwilling to believe that they can change it, instead assuming that someone else will handle it, or worse, that not all life is as valuable.

The scenes of Africa particularly were disturbing - and something that I think gets ignored even more than the wars waged in the name of ‘Democracies’. No one seems to care too much about Africa - Sudan, Sub-Saharan Africa, HIV/AIDS pandemic, Malaria epidemics, corrupt governments, etc. These are all problems that I believe the whole world can get behind regardless of politics.

But politics does always get in the way, doesn’t it? For every $1 USD the United States gives to a Sub-Saharan African in foreign aid, the US gives $250 USD to an Israeli…

Israeli per capita income is upwards of $14,000 USD per year…needless to say Sub-saharan Africa is less than $1,000.

Priorities…

]]> By: Yasser http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2763 Yasser Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:35:46 +0000 http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2763 Welcome Brother Tim. Glad you liked it. Welcome Brother Tim. Glad you liked it.

]]> By: Brother Tim http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2762 Brother Tim Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:29:41 +0000 http://www.ymatbouli.com/2007/03/29/how-blind-do-you-have-to-be/#comment-2762 Nice clip, Yasser, thanks. Nice clip, Yasser, thanks.

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