Darfur x3

I'm not sure where I was when I saw it or read it or glanced it in an email, but it really made me mad. It was another Hollywood star talking about Darfur this and Darfur that. He/She/It was spouting off the horrors of Darfur and the evil China. I'm not disputing what they said was wrong. I more than agree the situation in Darfur is horrible, but it is not the only living hell in this world.

Imagine...
A situation like Darfur only 3x in size...
3x the rape, murder, famine and abuse. 3x the burnings, broken family's and IDPs.
And all this killing and destruction is done by an evil ruthless military junta backed by and large Communist country named China. Oh no!! Why, you would say," that's something that should be on the news." or "that's a terrible thing! I wonder what Bill O'Reilly is going say about that."

Well folks this is a real story and it's been going on for 60 years! There's been few Hollywood stars, prancing around the globe telling you how it can end. Few news stories in Time or Newsweek. Fox News doesn't even know where it is on the map.

How can a story like this go unseen and unheard? Easy. There's no 5 star hotels and nightclubs on the Thai/Burma border, just a few guest houses. You can't hop a helicopter and visit a village. One has too trek in on foot or cross the river, both are very dangerous.

Sadly, this is how media and world works. They only want to be concerned and help if it's convenient.

For the news groups that will travel and the NGO's ( I work for one) and Hollywood stars that have gone into
Burma and spoken out. Kudos. You've proved your better than your colleagues and actual might be human.