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February 23, 2005
HomeSpun Bloggers Symposium XIV
Keeping up with my Symposium responses...this week HomeSpun Bloggers pose this question:
What moral obligations, if any, do Sudanese emigrants, now in the United States, have to aid those who remain in Darfur?
Wow...not that it's not an important topic, but I suppose that it's been somewhat overshadowed by some of the recent headlines.
From what I've just read about the situation in the Sudan, it does sound like a terrible problem is going under-reported. In the same report, it would sound as if the United Nations does have peacekeeping forces on the ground...but clearly, not enough to enforce the rule of law.
What I would say that the Sudanese emigrants do have an obligation to do is to raise the level of awareness to make the problem much more well known and to compel the United Nations to ramp up their efforts there to stop the madness and genocidal actions of the Arabs? Based on my new understanding of the situation, I think that UN should be the lead agency...and if requested, we should support with troops and humanitarian aid.
Whether Sudanese emigrants have a moral obligation or not, I don't know. I don't believe that my ancestors had any moral obligations after arriving here to Germany of the late 1800s.
This was a tough one!
See you on the high ground!
MajorDad1984
Posted by MajorDad1984 at February 23, 2005 10:13 PM
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MajorDad
yes, this is a toughie. Here's another one; if a person in the US works their way out of a poor neighborhood and achieves success,do they have an obligation to "give something back" to the community? I dunno....
Posted by: The Redhunter at February 24, 2005 08:07 AM
Like the new look, but miss your pretty face!
Posted by: DagneyT at February 24, 2005 12:29 PM
Well, there's half of it at least....I really need to learn more about Movable Type and CSS.
See you on the high ground!
MajorDad1984
Posted by: MajorDad1984 at February 25, 2005 05:25 PM
