What We've Done... : (?

Question

I got to thinking about this after watching "what I've Done" by Linkin Park, the music video.
this isnt really a question but maybe u guys can come up with a few answers 2 help me out...

What makes someone, someplace or something better then another?? if every man is equal then why do we strive on being better then someone else?
what makes a white better then a black (nothin)
the only difference between u both is skin pigments
what makes a country better then another?
a few million dollars and a few million people?
what makes the u.s. the good side and everyone else the bad people?
why cant we help our fellow men? why cant we ship food over 2 a starving country? why dont we ship medicine over 2 a sick country?
what makes us think that just because we are humans, we an destroy our only planet (that we will ever have?) or what makes us think we can kill what other eras have created, where other animals live, animals in general, and kill people?
i will continue below....

what makes one person better then another?
how can u judge somebody on there:
religion
race
facial feautres
???
how can we sit here and EAT and EAT and eat some more till our pants our bulging, and shirt buttons are popping and our cholestral is shy high? how can we sit here and drown in food while others starve?
on another note, what makes us judge one another about apperances??? this is our only body, and if we screw it over, then theres nothing we can do. we started out with a clean slate, and we did that 2 ourselves!!
how can we sit here and get richer and richer while people live 2 get food on the table?
how come we turn down people crossing the border? they cross 4 a better life, and we send them back, and continue 2 sleep at night knowing somenes life will not be continued in the ''land of the free"
how can we sit here and point fingers at others using bombs while we freely drop them like alkaseltzers in water? how can we destroy someones neighborhood, life and self?

to pal_o130

does that mean we r trying to BUY the other countries accepance??
o jeez, we really do have problems then

Answer 1

Too many questions.

Answer 2

I hate that song because it's kind of showing all Americans to be uncaring of world situations and just being greedy and selfish. I didn't do anything! All we can do is help other countries, we can't sit around feeling guilty for not starving or living in poverty, we just need to do our best to help these people.

Answer 3

this is answers not opinions, although it was nice of you to share...and to give everyone 2 points on our quest of points.
We have done so much in the destruction of our nation, cities, government, ozone, rights, self worth, respect, reputation and I can not think of anymore...but I think we have hit button so the only way now is up...so maybe we can start rebuilding our country, respect, preservation.

Answer 4

Delusions. Absence of self-knowledge.

Answer 5

Im not sure I understand your question,but United States sends millions in aide to other countries....India, the fifth-largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid and receiving some $144 million in assistance in FY 1998, voted against the United States 80 percent of the time. This marked an increase from 76 percent in the 1996 session. Thus, India voted against the United States in the U.N. more than Iran, Libya, and Myanmar. Despite U.S. urging, moreover, India recently embarked on a series of nuclear weapons tests that threaten U.S. strategic and security interests in the region.

Pakistan, India's neighbor that is receiving some $6.7 million in U.S. foreign aid in FY 1998, voted against the United States in the U.N. 69 percent of the time. Pakistan, too, has disregarded U.S. requests and begun testing nuclear weapons in response to India's tests.

Laos, from which President Bill Clinton lifted a decades-old U.S. restriction on the disbursement of foreign aid because of human rights abuses, voted against the United States 82 percent of the time, almost as often as Cuba. Since lifting the restriction on Laos, however, the Clinton Administration has sent over $17 million in U.S. foreign aid to Laos.

Indonesia and Thailand, both of which are receiving bailouts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), voted against the United States 68 percent and 63 percent of the time, respectively. These two countries together will receive more than $49 million in U.S. foreign aid in FY 1998.

Haiti, to which President Clinton sent U.S. troops to restore deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1994 and which he now claims is a U.S. ally in the Caribbean, will receive over $101 million in U.S. foreign aid in FY 1998. This makes Haiti the ninth-largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid--receiving almost as much as Russia. Despite this assistance, Haiti voted against the United States 57 percent of the time.

Egypt, the second-largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid (at some $2.1 billion annually), voted against the United States 66 percent of the time.

Ethiopia, sub-Saharan Africa's largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid (at about $114 million last year), voted against the United States 61 percent of the time.

The Philippines, which received some $47 million in foreign aid last year despite consistent progress in economic liberalization, voted against the United States 67 percent of the time.

Mexico, whose economy was bailed out by the IMF under U.S. guidance and support in 1994, continues to receive some $15 million in foreign aid from the United States each year. Nevertheless, Mexico voted against the United States 62 percent of the time.