As I read the reading about America's military presence in Okinawa, I was continually angered at the negative consequences America's military has had on Okinawa. In thinking about this, I know that Okinawa is only one example of an area that has been taken over by American military forces, and that there are many other places that this is also happening. As informative as it was to read this, I wish that more would be written about other areas this is happening to. It seems that when something terrible world-wide occurs, we only focus on one area, using that area as a representation of what is happening world-wide and we forget that it is happening world-wide. Everyone recently has been eager to help Darfur, but at the same time forgetting that these things happen elsewhere as well, and focusing on the most infamous case doesn't make anything any better elsewhere.
On a somewhat related note, but more focused on the upcoming election, I've been seeing a lot of commercials lately encouraging people to make sure to vote on Tuesday. The majority of these commercials have celebrities in them, encouraging people to vote. Are we really in such an apathetic state that the only way people are encouraged to vote is by having someone famous tell them to do it? Or is it that we probably would vote but having a celebrity tell us to do it makes it even more appealing? Either way, it seems the state of apathy and ignorance is at an all-time high.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtHwWReGU0
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