Is it more important to feed the starving or applying nail polish and clipping toe nails?

Question

There are people being slaughtered over the world involving religious and political motives that are being totally ignored by the mainstream media because of those who are the decision makers at these media giants. There are extreme injustices here at home that involve the judicial system, education, spousal abuse and children that are so hungry they can not study nor learn. Yet we as a nation are represented by the 3-4 % of the masses who have always been the work horses fighting these injustices. Have we indeed lost our capacity to care or has the violence and pornography shown daily on the TVs and in the movies produced by Hollywood created a populace that would rather see people kill each other as brutally as possible rather than feed the hungry, clothe the naked and care for the sick? We seem to cheer the "shock and awe" campaigns of death and destruction that produce the wars of greed and corruption than we do the miracle of a marine saving a child's life. Think about it.

Answer 1

What has any of that got to do with nail polish???

Answer 2

What you say is true, although it is not just a modern phenomenon. I have spent years working for charitable organizations . I have good friends that work for the some of the big international government and non governmental organizations guess what? We go and get our nails done, we have dinner and laugh like crazy. We even watch some of the stupidest movies and have indulged in massages. Reason for our own mental and physical health which we need to maintain in order to help anyone we have to take care of ourselves which sometimes has to involve at 5pm putting those things a way and being a little indulgent.

Point of that is never judge someone's knowledge and efficacy on world and human events because you see them doing something you would consider selfish at that moment.

I am unsure of the numbers (3-4%) you are expressing,. where did they come from and what is the qualifications to be included in that number. But anyway, every place you go Netherlands, Germany, etc etc who have somewhat of a more active (but still far from the majority) population base in fighting injustices you see these issues, ever watch European television? SO the judgement can never be made on the surface of what you see people do.

Finally, the obvious question is what are you doing? "People will say oh that is horrible and then go back to eating their dinner." You need to be the one to drop the fork, walk out the door and be the change you want to see in the country and the world. You lead by action and teaching not preaching.
Personal Note:
I love this zeal and it is usually seen in someone newly coming into their activism. But in the end you need to understand zeal does not always motivate the masses and if not tempered at times can end up damaging yourself physically and mentally. In the beginning I ended up driving myself to work so hard I ended up in the hospital more then once and was ordered to take rest.
Keep the fire put temper the zealousness.

Silverbird try:
I am one,
But I am still one.
I cannot do everything,
But I can do something.
Because I cannot do everything,
I will not let it stop me from doing the something I can do.
Edward Everett Hale

Answer 3

Cry me a river... does me clipping my toe nails hurt anyone? No, but actually it could benefit the poor. Take this scenario, say I give 10% of my income to charitable purposes. If my toe nails were to become unruly and disgusting, and I wear flip-flops or open-toed shoes to work, and then my boss sees my nasty toes and decides to find some reason to fire me, then I'mnot earning income and therefore the 10% of my income that I could be giving to the poor would be gone. So yes, improving my own looks, making me happy so I want to work, and making my life stress free could potentially help the poor and hungry, because if I choose to donate money, then I need to make that money.

Answer 4

If "I am but one, they are many" isn't a quote, it should be.