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[World/Rant] Child Soldiers

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Unknown R A I N B O W

PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:54 pm


Well, I wrote this under my notes in Facebook. And I think it's important enough to share with the people of the Sniper Guild.

If I ever wanted to Smack society more then ever, I found a great reason. If I ever found a reason to dislike a commercial, I've found one.
If I could, I would smack the people who made the commercial that supported Child Soldiers. This was the biggest shock to me.A commercial which wanted donations for child soldiers while they fought..Not to rescue them.But to support them fighting. Having watched the movie Child Soldiers in Socials, most of these kids are taken from their homes, and brain washed by other people. How can people create a commercial that would support such a heartless thing. It's taking people, who could have normal lives, and controlling them. The fact that we should let kids, be kids, and not soldiers. But, governments won't even realize such a tactical thing, that could have a chance of victimizing the growth of the world.

For those who haven't seen the video, here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7uW5m_tAGk

'Help Child soldiers fight'
Is it really as great as it seems? It just shows how much we don't care about our future. These kids who could be getting education, are busy fighting wars.Yet people rather support them fighting.
If reality doesn't strike people, that a future could be absolutely changed with this.
Will it get any better?
Or will it just keep getting worst?

(This may go under the Sniped D, if it seems like it should...But I wasn't sure.)
PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:48 am


Well, actually...

It appears to be satire. Note the line at the end.

"We're supporting the problem if we're doing nothing to stop it."

It seems the point of the commercial is that if we're doing nothing about it, we might as well be supporting it. This is supported by how... over the top the ad is, and the website, which is linked to in the video's description.

So, quite the contrary; they DON'T want child soldiers. XD

`Aine Chievious

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MonJ Redux

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:07 am


^Except for the fact that some people won't see it this way. (For better or for worse.) stressed

It seems to me, and only me, (I hope) that this is a matter of security or morality. (Though this is under assumptions I have, and could all be blown to water.) The people "pulling the strings", you may say, are scared for their well-being. Who can blame them? There are still wars going on around the world from high-scale to low-scale, and a sudden outbreak of war can break out at any time.

On the other hand people reject the practice of child soldiers to think for our future and immorality of the issue. Though this could be argued, I suppose this is the cause for raising controversy in child soldiers. It raises many questions. sweatdrop

More of this is thinking to myself, but they're scratch notes. stare
PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:42 am


Well, um yeah, as Aine said, its a satire. The website is about supporting them, how if-you're-not-part-of-the-solution-you're-part-of-the-problem...

...

On the bright side it did what they wanted. I'm sorta interested in child soldiers now, and it made you really angry at it.

Fortenra Askasa


Unknown R A I N B O W

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:01 am


I was upset at it a long time ago.Since we were doing Child soldiers in Social's....

But, they could've used a different video instead of this one.Because it just not right at approaching it at this view.
PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:05 pm


Or you could not look for something to b***h about just to b***h about something. XD

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