The Thing about Humanity

Just saw a show on some vanguard channel, on the death beach of Yemen. The documentary was about the Somalian refugees who try to escape the situation of dire poverty and civil war in their country by sneaking into pirate boats to cross the gulf of Aden to reach Yemen, in hope of a better life. firstly, Yemen is no better. Secondly, the journey is nowhere near easy. Nearly 50,000 people crossed the Gulf of  Aden on 2008, 2,000 died on the way. The country has been in  a state of civil war for more than 25 years.

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My idea is not to shed light on the story of Somalia, clearly I do not know enough myself. But after I saw the film or documentary or tv show whatever you may call it, I felt the need to question the definitions of fancy words like HUMANITARIAN, HUMANITY, RIGHTS, BLAH!!!

The story of  Somalia is excellent to make a film on, with the war and the deaths and the sad sad conditions, it definitely gives the urban educated global citizen food for thought . We may even discuss it with our equally intelligent peers, or maybe talk about it in one of our dinner parties over some champagne. But that's about it. It is easy to get over such issues as it is to be moved by them. Sitting here right now, there is nothing much I could think about doing myself ! But seeing those washed up dead bodies over the beach made me feel stirred thats human, but I am also human enough to forget about it before the 9 o'clock movie tonight. So thats that , as always my blogs are pointless and confused, and no one reads them...