{"id":2177,"date":"2009-09-23T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T07:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2009-09-28T23:56:03","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T15:56:03","slug":"the-world-we-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=2177","title":{"rendered":"The World We Created?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I paused for a long while after watching this video someone sent me. Just moments ago, I walked out from Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us with a bag of new toys for Fitzand and now &#8230; I&#8217;m watching these children struggling to stay alive. I felt like a bomb. I felt really sad. I wondered how many more children like them are suffering out there. It is always good to have people filming such videos to not only raise awareness, but also to remind the rest of us that we are already way more fortunate than many &#8230; and we should all reach out to help those in need.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3v7ZQUzr0yo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3v7ZQUzr0yo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Those people who shot this video updated the YouTube comments &#8230;<\/p>\n<div><em>&#8220;Thanks for your comments about Sam &amp; Esther&#8230;and Jane their older  sister.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The film I made about Uganda, THE FRAGRANT SPIRIT OF LIFE, has  already raised about $50,000 for orphans in Uganda.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sam, Esther and Jane  are all doing well. Sam and Esther have been nutritionally rehabilitated and are  receiving on-going therapy for their polo. Sam can stand with the aid of braces.  Jane is going to school and is thriving.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks for your  concern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Peace and blessings,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gerry Straub&#8221;<\/em>\ufeff<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I salute these amazing people who go all the way out to help those in suffering. May God bless them. I know some of us will go &#8216;God help them!&#8217; when we see such videos\/photos &#8230; but really &#8230; please don&#8217;t expect God to help them. It is us &#8230; the human who should be helping them. Think about it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed<br \/>\n<\/em><em> Take a look at all the suffering we breed<br \/>\nSo many lonely faces scattered all around<br \/>\nSearching for what they need<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Is this the world we created?<br \/>\nWhat did we do it for?<br \/>\nIs this the world we invaded<br \/>\nAgainst the law?<br \/>\nSo it seems in the end<br \/>\nIs this what were all living for today?<br \/>\nThe world that we created<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You know that every day a helpless child is born<br \/>\nWho needs some loving care inside a happy home<br \/>\nSomewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne<br \/>\nWaiting for life to go by<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Is this the world we created?<br \/>\nWe made it on our own<br \/>\nIs this the world we devastated<br \/>\nRight to the bone?<br \/>\nIf theres a God in the sky looking down<br \/>\nWhat can he think of what weve done<br \/>\nTo the world that he created?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>from the song &#8216;Is this the world we created&#8217;, written by Freddie Mercury &amp; Brian May<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I paused for a long while after watching this video someone sent me. Just moments ago, I walked out from Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us with a bag of new toys for Fitzand and now &#8230; I&#8217;m watching these children struggling to stay alive. I felt like a bomb. 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