Journal 10 - Week of April 2nd

Word of the day: Politics. I dislike politics immensely and I am not saying I do not follow them. I do feel the issues that are presented with politics are important to our way of life and society. But I feel every time they are brought up, people get angry discussing them. No one ever agrees if they are on different sides of the issue. The films we saw in regarding politics I found were rather boring. Politics to me are important, but I rather not discuss them. I only find anger and resentment when I talk and discuss politics. I am not surprised that I did not like this film by Jackie Goss because I really was not interested in her film we saw earlier in the semester. I understand that she is trying to show how to fix the world that seems so messed up. So much chaos and disaster happen in the world today. And I feel people try to hide their eyes away from the pain that occurs so much in the world. It is like if people do not see it then it must not exist, but it does and won't go away. Films to show this pain I feel do not reach the world as they should because this is what happening. Jackie Goss tried, but I feel did not succeed. Just like the info commercials on helping suffering children. Does that money even make it to them? You have no idea, and that is why I dislike those so called opportunities to help 3rd world countries. So what do we do? Do we keep hiding our eyes from what we don't want to see or do we step up to the plate and start taking actions? That is all I have to say about this subject...