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Creativity starves insanity
Two guys were standing next to a table in the shopping centre trying to get the attention of passer-bys. I'm not too sure if anyone was willing to listen, after all it was a day and time in which even the post office was closed, but it was two on a Tuesday, there weren't any public holidays for a week yet. A major factor in dismissiveness could have been the fact that they had white shirts and black pants. The typical garb of people you steer clear of on the streets and those you wonder why they take so long in restaurants.
Waiting for my friends to buy some socks so that they could play tennis I walked right up to one of them and, knowing full well what they were on about, asked them to talk. I really didn't care for listening to what they had to say, I am on their mailing list after all—it's for the envelope collection more than anything. But, there was time and no one else was around listening to them. Not that I was totally stoned cold for it either.
The talk on what Community Aid Abroad actually did for the third world citizens was nothing knew. They were eager to sign me up as part of their Aware campaign, but being a skin flint and starved for cash as I am, they let me go without any harassment. No one else seemed to have had time out of their selfish lives to even listen.
Much like the World Vision 5000 campaign it is all about having enough money to live on and being able to send away what we would consider a measly sum to help the lives of people across the world. That, and pretty much only that, is the reason behind my motivation behind getting a job. Sooner or later, preferably sooner as they can't wait forever. If I were to donate funds in the financial situation that I am in now I could probably keep it up for about a year or two. But then what after that? Will they just turn to the kid I'm sponsoring and say, "Sorry, but it looks like Soon doesn't have any more money to keep you alive. Make do with what you don't have. Good luck."
Jobs are no certainty either, so many sackings are going on right now, I wonder how many of those getting canned actually tried to help someone out in a less fortunate situation. In their fight for entitlements I would be more concerned about someone else's life hanging in the balance due to the lavishness the management have showered upon themselves.
Soon Van - Thursday, 27 September 2001 - 06:04
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