I've wanted to be a human rights activist my entire life, but it's a hard position to maintain. I'm of the opinion that most of us activists (or wannabes, for now) get very passionate about injustice of any sort, unnecessary conflict, physical and sexual mutilation, exploitation, poverty, and starvation, etc.
We are all progressive aren't we? No, actually, I will have to disagree. We all are on this website for who knows how many hours a day, but how many of us are making a difference in society? I have seen here and there in various blogs where people admit to spending hours upon ours on this site, or that it is the first and last thing they do everyday.
This is a response to a blog post by jloigman, posted earlier today. Their post is here.
Today, there were people climbig the cables on the Golden Gate bridge. I was just admiring the vast beauty of this bridge on Friday and now, there are people risking their lives on the cables holding it up. I think it is great!
I'm an animal rights activist and about as hardcore vegan as they come. I put animal rights before everything; it is my number one priority. But being an animal rights activist does not mean that one must endorse all animal rights organizations, just as being a human rights activist does not mean that one endorses all human rights organizations.
Our generation the current youth/ young adults have alot to prepare for. We are the generation that our predecessors feel will make some of the grandest advancements in the world. Not just economically and in technology but also civily and humanely. There is alot of kaos going on now and pretty soon our generation will be taking over whether where ready or not. Let's be prepared!!!
Summer is way too long. Midway through the summer break, my charges are ready to kill each other. No, scratch that. They are actively trying to kill each other. Brain Drain picks and picks and picks until Middle Child snaps and hits him, then he grins while Middle Child gets sent to his room. I'm on to this, though. Brain Drain goes to his room too.
