MrsSpringsteen said:
The part where Oprah took the little girl to the hospital and her mother could not get any AIDS drugs and Oprah cried and said "that does not make sense to me"
I know, it's
so unfair. Children should
never have to know their parents are going to die simply because they can't afford the treatments necessary to help them. That shouldn't be a reality.
My parents were saying that if the U.S.
really wants to throw their weight around in this world, helping with issues like this should be what we use it for. They were saying that maybe, instead of having our troops stationed in Iraq, we should bring them into these countries, go to the governments that might have some corruption going as well as other reasons to not allow the drugs to be brought to the people who need them, and force them to allow that stuff to be brought in and spread around. A rather drastic idea, yes, but if America's as powerful as we say we are...that'd certainly get those governments shaking in their shoes, and might help.
Course, there's other reasons why the medicines can't come in, too, that we need to deal with.
Originally posted by MrsSpringsteen
And when the beautiful little girl, living by herself in a shack, said she was LUCKY for what she had been given.
It amazes me that these people can smile and say things like that after all the hell they've experienced. I don't know if I'd be the same way. That just makes me admire these people even more.
Originally posted by MrsSpringsteen
I don't know really what else to say about it, except that I wish I was in the position that Oprah is in to help like she does. But we can all do some small thing, even if it's raising awareness w/ your friends, family, co-workers. Awareness is the key I think to get things in motion.
Yes. Exactly.
It made me happy recently to see a topic started on one of the boards I go to discussing the whole thing about the administration backing off on their promises with the aid to the countries. There was one person, however, who said a lot of the things that people who are cynical about this issue often say-they know someone who's worked with some of the people in Africa, and talked about how they have no sense of a Western education and need to learn how to get all the pee out of their water before they drink it because they don't know otherwise, and various things like that-if anyone's interested in the exact reply, or the link, I can post it here and see what you all have to say to it.
But just the fact that this issue is being discussed in other places makes me happy. Some people
are listening.
.
Angela
. 
I'm sure she was interested/helped out before then, but maybe he did provide some additional inspiration.
..sorry, I can't remember the exact quote
They need RESOURCES and support/encouragement.
You must be a voice of reason there 
