MONOPOLY OF 'DISADVANTAGE'

I RESPONDED TO A COMMENT RECENTLY WITHIN A FAMILY OF 'YOU THINK YOU ARE BADLY OFF, LOOK AT...' AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN THIS TO HIM AND MYSELF AS BEING A BIT OF A DAFT REASONING CONCEPT.
IT DOES COME UP ALL THE TIME.
WE TAKE A LOCAL ISSUE AND THAT OF AN INTERNATIONAL ONE.
FIRSTLY THE WORST, THE INTERNATIONAL, 'HORN OF AFRICA' CONFLICT.  THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF BABIES AND CHILDREN AND MOTHERS WILL DIE EVEN WITH INTERVENTION.
WE ALL MUST TRY TO HELP AS BEST WE CAN AND SO FAR AWAY IT SEEMS THAT BEST CAN BE WITH FUNDS TO THE AID CHARITIES AND ADVOCATING OTHERS DO LIKEWISE.
I AM REPULSED BY THE IMAGES AND GET FAR TOO UPSET TO WATCH.
OTHERS MIGHT FEEL THAT THE IMAGES ARE ALSO A WAY TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT THIS IS AN UTTER OUTRAGE FOR THE WORLD COMMUNITY OF MANKIND TO LET THIS HAPPEN ALL OVER AGAIN - IT IS JUST THAT, A CRIMINAL HUMAN OFFENSE AGAINST OUR FELLOW MAN.

REFLECTING ON THE REMARK OF 'WELL YOU THINK YOU ARE BADLY OFF...' I LISTENED TO OUR X-PRESIDENT MARY ROBINSON LAST NIGHT.
SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT HER VIEWS ON SOMALIA AND BECAUSE SHE IS IRISH ASKED HER VIEWS ON OUR TROUBLED LITTLE ISAND.
SHE NEVER ONCE MENTIONED 'YOU THINK WE ARE BADLY OFF, YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN WHERE I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM'
SHE ANALYSED IT WELL.  SHE NOTED TOO THAT MANY ARE SUFFERING HERE ON THIS ISLAND, THROUGH GREED REALLY AND MISMANAGEMENT OF THE COFFERS, SHE TOLD THE INTERVIEWER THAT IRELAND IS SUFFERING AND MANY FAMILIES ARE TOO, HER COMMENT NEXT WAS THE NUB OF IT ALL, A COMMENT THAT IS WORTHY OF BEING HEARD.
'WE ALL MUST HELP EACH OTHER IN THESE TIMES' SHE REITERATED THAT WE ARE KNOWN FOR THIS 'HELPING HAND' BUT RIGHT NOW IN IRELAND WE MUST HELP THOSE WHO ARE NOT DOING AS WELL AS OTHERS IN OUR MINI CRISIS.

SHE SHOWED THE CHRISTIAN WAY.  YOU DO  NOT DISMISS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS - EVER, BUT NEITHER DO YOU COMPARE FOR IT IS INCOMPARIBLE.
SUFFERING IS JUST THAT, IN ALL ITS RAW REALITY, SUFFERING.

ALSO I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT 'SUFFERING' IS THE HUMAN CONDITION, NO ONE ESCAPES.
WHEN A PERSON REALS OFF A LIST OF PERSONAL 'SUFFERING' IT IS NOT TO DENY OTHERS OF THEIR OWN.
ANOTHER FALLICY.
ITS ALWAYS AN EXPRESSION OF NEED AND DESPAIR.
A FACT OTHERS ARE SUFFERING TOO IS RECOGNISED IF YOU ARE A SENSITIVE PERSON AND I BELIEVE I AM.
ONE THING IS HARDER TO RECOGNISE, THE SUFFERING OF THOSE WHO PRETEND THAT THEY ARE HEALTHY AND LOOK HEALTHY AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE SHOT THEM DOWN IN THE VERY WAY YOU HATE, THEY COME OUT WITH 'YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MY PROBLEMS ARE'
YOU WOULDNT ACTUALLY UNLESS THERE WAS SOME ENGAGEMENT OR RELATIONSHIP ON THAT LEVEL.  IF THERE IS NONE, YOU CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO KNOW.
MOST IN THE IMMEDIATE CIRCLES OF INSULAR GROUPS ARE NOT MEDIA MATERIAL AND THUS HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES AS NEEDING CERTAIN THINGS TOO.
IF WE DONT THERE IS MISUNDERSTANDING.

BACK TO THE AGENDA OF THE VERY WORD 'SUFFERING' AND ABOUT MONOPOLY AND USING THIS WORD TO MAKE OTHERS FEEL DREADFULLY BAD.
TO COMPARE IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IS THE ULTIMATE 'PUT DOWN' ON A PERSON.
THIS IS THE BLACKMAIL OF THE MODERN AGE, AN EXCUSE BUT ALSO IT IS HURTFUL AND AIMED TO MAKE THE OTHER FEEL A SELFISH BITCH.
AND WHY IS THIS DONE - SIMPLY PUT - NOT TO LIFT A FINGER TO HELP, IN THE WORDS OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS FIGHTER, MARY ROBINSON, WE ALL MUST HELP EACH OTHER, IS THE OPPOSITE TO THIS COIN.
IT IS IN FACT MAKING KNOWN THAT THE WAY FORWARD HAS BEEN CUT SEVERELY - YOU, OF ALL PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YOUR 'LESSER STATE OF SUFFERING' WILL NOT BE HELPED.
SOMEONE HAS SLASHED A DIVIDING LINE THERE AND WILL LEAVE IT THERE.

THERE ARE ONLY A FEW THINGS IN COMMUNITY THAT CAN TEAR PEOPLE ASUNDER, ASKING FOR HELP, BEING NEEDY AND TAKING ONES PARTNER IN ADULTERY BUT AGAIN THE WORST, SEXUAL ABUSE HAS INDEED 'CATEGORIES' AND SO THE LINE CAN BE SLASHED UNDER SOME AND NOT OTHERS.  BIZARRE.

IT IS SO EASY TO DESTABILIZE A PERSON AND MANY KNOW THE WAYS.  ESPECIALLY IF THE WAYS ARE DEVIOUS IN ATTACKING THE CREDS OF ONES SENSIBILITY TO DISADVANTAGE.

IF YOU ARE DISADVANTAGED, YOU WILL SEE IT EVERYWHERE YOU GO AND ARE IN FACT MORE OVER SENSITIZED THAN IF YOU NEVER SEE IT AT ALL.
THIS IS ANOTHER SLUR ON ONES CONCIENCE AND ONES CHARACTER.
ONE WHO TURNS THE OTHER WAY IS EQUAL TO THE PERSON IN THE PARABLE OF THE 'GOOD SAMARITAN' WHERE IT STATES THAT THIS SELECTIVE THINKING WAS AT PLAY AND ONE, ONLY ONE HUMAN CHRISTIAN ACTED IN THE APPROPIATE WAY, GOD'S WAY.
WE MUST HELP EACH OTHER, ON THE GLOBAL STAGE AND ON THE LITTLE COMMUNITY STAGE, AND THE SMALLER FAMILY STAGE.
AMEN AGAIN, AMEN AGAIN AND AGAIN.