Suffering in Syria

Right now in Syria there are over one million people starving because the UN does not have enough food supply because of the restrictions of so many food distribution countries that the UN has paired up with to help, these people are not getting the food they need because of the war and conflicts in Syria at the moment. As if it isn’t enough that there is so much friction and wars over in Syria the people are going to suffer even more because of the lack of food and nutrition over in the Middle East. Most of the UN can feed about 1.5 million of the people in Syria but there is still another million starving over in Syria.

                This is just another example of why all the war and the battles and friction between countries need to stop, although that sounds like a dream that will never come true, I believe that something should be done about it. Because of this friction and war there are one million people that are starving to death everyday on top of the people that are going to be killed in the war, there are too many people dying! Why can’t the people of Syria that want the war see that they are just going to kill more people if they keep continuing it. They need to broadcast and advertise the suffering going down in Syria, to see if they will open their eyes to all the people that are dying and suffering. Also if they advertise this they may be able to get more people willing to help the cause. There is only so much the UN can do. Almost four million people need aid in Syria and it’s time that the people who are suffering to be heard, they need help. (301)

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/08/16412882-one-million-syrians-going-hungry-as-fighting-rages-says-un?lite

70 Year Old Man&15 Year Old Girl Married

Recently in Saudi Arabia a 70 year old man and a 15 year old wed. According to the 70 year old the family of the 15 year old owed him a huge dowry (20,00 approximately) and claimed that the family said that she was 25 years old and not 15. In Saudi Arabia there is no laws on how old you can be to marry, so the marriage is legal, and there is nothing anyone can really do about it, even though this outraged many people in Saudi Arabia. The man was said to be lonely after his wife had recently passed, there was also said to be an altercation between the two and this made the 15 year old to run back home to her family.

                This story was shocking for me to hear because this girl is younger than I am and she is married to a girl who is her grandfather’s age, I know they say that age is just a number but ew, that’s just gross and not only is it gross, it’s just not right, this girl hasn’t even got to live her life yet! She is 15 years old, a freshman in High School! Her husband should feel guilty for depriving her of her life as a teenager! She should be in school not taking care of her old husband who could probably die soon.  What if the girl does end up getting attached? What is she going to do when he dies? What if they have children, he’s going to leave her with too much to handle. They have already had a rough start, she has already ran away from her husband and he’s is getting a lot of scrutiny for marrying a 15 year old girl anyway so why keep the marriage going? They are both going to be miserable, he should just let the family pay him back over time and let her grow up and be happy with someone her own age, instead of living a miserable life with a guy who is older than her own father. (348)

 http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/08/world/saudi-arabia-teen-marriage/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Virginity Auction

Recently in Brazil an 18 year old girl, Rebecca Bernardo posted a YouTube video auctioning off her virginity. She had been debating on whether or not to auction her virginity but when her mother had a stroke she made the decision to do it. She needed the money to help her mother and without her high school diploma she cannot make enough money to support her mother. In my personal opinion this should not have even been an option, even if you are desperate for money. After the video was posted a TV network in Brazil offered to pay her mother’s medical expenses if she did not go through with the auction, initially she accepted but then later turned it down. This just makes the situation even worse, now that she’s actually getting noticed she won’t accept the money or help that others have offered, she just wants the attention and honestly this is the problem with society today, we think it is a good thing to promote things like selling your virginity or advertising teen pregnancy, that’s what MTV does with their show “Teen Mom” and it has got to stop, this encourages more teens to do the same thing because they are getting attention but what they don’t realize is that this attention is not good! This girl should have accepted the money from the TV network and she would have been fine but now she’s doing it all for the attention while her mother is still sick at home. I think once she got the attention she forgot about her mother and got wrapped up in it, I think in a few years when no one remembers who she is she is going to think that what she did was stupid and that she should have accepted the money, she is honestly coming off as an idiot trying to sell her virginity, I don’t think her mother would want help that way. (325)

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/world/americas/brazil-teen-sells-virginity/

Gang Rape in New Delhi

Recently in New Delhi a 23 year old woman was gang raped by multiple men and murdered, these men have been brought up on multiple charges these include rape, murder and kidnapping. The people of India are outraged at these crimes, they have been protesting for women’s rights and are questioning whether their justice system is taking care of sexual assaults and the treatment of women in India, some lawyers are refusing to represent the men that did these hate crimes. I think personally that they are in the right to protest their rights; this woman was murdered and raped because the lack of respect men have for the women in India. Rape happens in other countries but the fact that many people are protesting because of what happen may be a sign that India isn’t taking care of sexual assault crimes the way that they should. The fact that some lawyers are refusing to represent the men that committed this crime because they are so disgusted with them means something, lawyers deal with horrible criminals every day, and they are refusing to represent  these men. I think that the women in India should keep standing up for their rights so that crimes like this do not happen as much.  (210)

 http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/world/asia/india-rape-case/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Tunnel Collapse in Japan

On Sunday December 2, 2012 a tunnel in Japan collapsed on many cars, starting a huge fire and killing at least three people and seven of them are missing. It took the firemen three hours to put out the fire and rescue as many people as they could. This is not the first time a tunnel has collapsed in Japan, the first incident was in 1996 killing around 20 people. Japan needs to take action and make better structures for their tunnels, if this has happened before, they are obviously not sturdy enough and yes this may happen in other places but this cannot happen twice within a span of less than 20 years. The architecture of these tunnels may not be strong enough for them to hold and this is why they keep collapsing. Another reason would be the placement of the tunnels, if they are not in a place that can easily be secured then they shouldn’t be there in the first place. The collapsing of these tunnels is causing too many unnecessary deaths that could be prevented with secure architecture. These tunnels may have been unsecure because of natural disasters but should have been checked before they started using them again.  This is in no way anyone’s fault but because this is not the first time this has ever happened they should start making precautions when it comes to some of their structures so it does not cause any more unnecessary deaths. Before they start building they should make sure where they are building is a safe place to build. They should also make sure that the structure is very sturdy when before they let anyone drive underneath it. If the area is not safe for people to be driving, even though it may be faster, it should be left alone. I think I would rather take the extra 15 minutes to get somewhere then risk my life going under an unsafe tunnel. (327)

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/01/15606290-japan-tv-at-least-three-dead-after-tunnel-collapse?lite

Abortion in Ireland

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/29/world/europe/ireland-abortion-controversy/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Recently in Ireland a woman by the name of Praveen Halappanavar passed away from a blood infection after her unborn child had died in her womb after pleading with doctors in Ireland to abort the baby while she was alive but in a lot of pain, because of the extreme Catholic community in Ireland they refused to abort her child and now that she has passed her husband is trying to take legal action to make sure this does not happen to anyone else again. Because of this Irish parliament is debating whether to legalize abortion in Ireland or not. This situation could have been prevented, this woman did not have to die, she was in a lot of pain when the doctors refused to give her an abortion, it is not the doctors or the hospitals fault because of the strict rules but in the end this woman did not have to die. I understand that Ireland is a very strict Catholic community but when the use of abortion can save a woman’s life without killing two lives, I don’t think that it’s a bad idea to legalize abortion. This does not mean that they should legalize it for everyone but I believe that in extreme medical situations it would not be that bad if they were to abort the child. They should legalize abortion in life or death situations or if a woman can not physically carry a child. Some Catholics will be angry about it in the end and they will try to justify the woman’s death but in reality this woman could probably still be alive today if they allowed her to abort the child. There may be some backlash from the legalization but they can legalize abortion without making it available to every woman in Ireland. In the end aborting this baby could have save 1 life instead of killing 2. (317)

HIV and AIDS Spreading to China?

In the past year China has seen a rapid increase of cases of HIV and AIDs, it has skyrocketed 8.6 percent causing around 17,740 deaths this past year. Chinese Vice Premier  Li Keqiang has been personally affected by this epidemic, his wife Peng Liyuan was diagnosed with AIDS this year and they are now awaiting the results of their child’s test results for HIV right now. They believe that she caught this by giving blood in 1997 because her school encouraged her to give blood, well now she is paying the price. This is a great example of how the use of needles and other medical utensils need to be better taken care of, in order to not cause disease. This woman was encouraged by her elders to give blood and now her and possibly her child are living with diseases that were completely preventable. Needles cannot be reused and never should be, because of this she is now suffering. The United States had a similar epidemic in the 70s and I think that China should be taking a few lessons. They need to carefully dispose of every needle that they use so none of them get reused. They also need to make it mandatory for everyone, especially those that have given blood to get tested so they can stop the spread of this life threatening disease. They also need to go in to some or most of the hospitals to make sure they are disposing of these items properly, you have to start with the source of where the disease is coming from. They should start to spread the awareness of the disease to everyone but especially children so they do not have to repeat history, they need to go to the schools and inform students that this is easily preventable and that they do not have to go through the same thing their parents may be experiencing right now. Overall they need to try to control the epidemic by making sure all medical facilities are taking all precautions and are being clean and they need to inform everyone about it today. (353)
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/30/health/hiv-china-li/index.html?hpt=wo_c2