Thursday, May 28, 2009

Girls are dying for the right to go to school.

The Taliban believes that girls should not be allowed to attend schools. They are killing and threatening young girls who are in schools (many built and paid for by western countries and individuals who want to help).

All the money in the world to build these schools and pay for their maintenance are NOT going to protect the people who want to attend them.

How can we fight this horror? How can a moment go by when we are not outraged about this atrocity and others like them? And if I have such difficulty going through a single day knowing how much suffering is going on elsewhere on this planet, how do our leaders fare?

How do our women leaders, in France, England, Iceland, Canada, South America, the U.S., the world at large -- how do we all not want to pick up arms and protect them all?

BBC News       Reuters Story       Spiegel Online Story

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