In a Democracy the people dictate the policy. Our government acts on what we demand of them.
Ten years ago we didn’t demand enough:
Between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days.
The West allowed genocide to happen in Rwanda
It is happening again.
“The Crisis in Darfur
Violence and destruction are raging in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Since February 2003, government-sponsored militias known as the Janjaweed have conducted a calculated campaign of slaughter, rape, starvation and displacement in Darfur.It is estimated that 400,000 people have died due to violence, starvation and disease. More than 2.5 million people have been displaced from their homes and over 200,000 have fled across the border to Chad. Many now live in camps lacking adequate food, shelter, sanitation, and health care.
The United States Congress and President George W. Bush recognized the situation in Darfur as ‘genocide.’ Darfur, ‘near Hell on Earth,’ has been declared the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.”
Save Darfur.org :: Violence and Suffering in Sudan’s Darfur Region
And it’s not being covered:
The report, released this week by the Genocide Intervention Fund (GIF) and the American Progress Action Fund, noted that the major network and cable television stations devoted 50 times more coverage to the child molestation trial against Michael Jackson last month than to events in Sudan, including both Darfur, where as many as 400,000 people have died over the past two years, and the outbreak of fighting in the eastern part of the country.
Why War? Darfur Genocide Easily Trumped by Michael Jackson on Nightly News
The reason it’s not being covered is that we don’t care. For some reason I don’t really care either. I think we as a country are becoming numb. We are being over stimulated with all the tragedy. There is so much tragedy that it’s over load. But just the same, this is bad. And more people need to know about it. So I’m asking for your help. If you would be open to doing something, would you consider putting a link to SaveDarfur.org in your email signature?
Just set up your email signature, if you don’t have one yet and make it look something like this:
Sage Lewis
Do you know what’s happening in Darfur?
Check it out here:
http://www.SaveDarfur.org
If you aren’t sure how to set up your email signature, you can find information about setting it up here:
Click here to learn how to set your email signature
That’s it. I don’t want you to do anything else. Just set it and forget it. That would mean a lot to me if you did this.
Thanks.
Sage