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Question

Why do we consider some lives to be worth more than others ? MsDemmie


Answer

China Keitetsi: I think it depends on the country, how rich they are. Then they become more important. For example, in Africa 200 child soldier gets killed and it's not even reported. Three hundred child soldier gets killed and buried in the bush, we never get to know. And one American soldier or one European soldier gets killed, it's breaking news. I think in poor countries they have seen so much killings. In wars, for example, Congo or Rwanda where a million people was killed or in Congo where still millions are dying, or northern Uganda where half of the little girls live with no legs or no arms. Half of little girls are pregnant from the rebel groups, raped from the rebel groups. And yet it's unimportant. It's not even shown every day for us, or not much scream is made on that. And also when many people get killed and dictators kills at the end the value of person is nothing. It have to be 1 million to be killed, a scream to be heard. Here in Europe when you get in an accident, psychologists run after you to heal you, but in Rwanda a million people are killed and every woman and every child and every man there lost incredible a lot of their family and yet not a single psychologist helped these people. And I was amazed until today, I’m amazed that an African lose so many people in their lives and go on smiling, and without psychological help. Their homes are destroyed…