We need social justice for everyone now

Maita wrote:> "This is a rare moment . The G-8 has a rare possibility without precedents to fight the problems that affect Africa".
> This sentence I copy and am pasting to express my hope that the world can be better if, people that are fighting for social JUSTICE, would practice what Bill wrote in TIA.

Thank you, Maita. We must remember that:
- the world is not a better place because we turn our backs to eat several meals each day while many starve--30,000 each day;
- the world is not a better place because we protect our agricultural products from cheaper imports from poor countries, imports that might have given the people in those countries a sustainable existence--our farmers can ALWAYS find other products to grow that we need;
- the world is not a better place because we do not help people in poor countries to educate themselves--we find ways to educate people in the most remote parts of Canada, for example, but we can't manage to teach millions of children who want to learn in poor countries;
- the world is not a better place when we allow fear to grow--fear is a product of ignorance, which is a consequence of poor education;
- the world is not a better place because we wish for peace but do nothing to prevent our governments from making war;
- the world is not a better place when we know what is right but leave it to others to see that it happens--it doesn't;
- the world is not a better place when we don't share the basic principles of what we believe with others--in the process we would learn that a large majority of people in every country share the same beliefs as us;
- the world is not a better place when we look at others and see how different they are from us, but do not see how much the same as us they are.Let's make the world a better place.
Let's Turn It Around.

Bill Allin
'Turning It Around: Causes and Cures for Today's Epidemic Social Problems' is available now for order from book stores (that stock books in English) and online book sellers.

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