@brantly
Sorry, I shud hav checked before I posted, I just felt before I thought.
Everything else aside, I encourage the OP to read MSF’s mission statement.
THAT is why Syria. Everything you’ve outlined as problematic is EXACTLY the reason for MSF’s very existence.
DWB is a great cause… Lots of people world wide need emergency care. But I would. want and pray for my kid to live another day foremost. I don’t have a kid in this particular venue but know others who do…
But if that were the case–
I would hope that my kid’s life would go to saving many others for a cause that wasn’t the artificial making of a government.
We need heroes. Every hero is someones child/parents/ loved one.
We need live heroes and not dead heroes.
Why do firefighters run into burning buildings? Dumb****s. O.o
If you took this approach, how would you ever determine where to begin? Seriously? The fact that person X is trying to help people Y should be reason enough in itself. But no, someone has to get up and yell that person X should actually be helping people B. Because mileage. Or something. Nothing is ever good enough. Nothing. Ever.
Just wanted to say that I so feel for this young woman, this family, from the rather remote town where I lived in my 20s. The idealism of youth is not always reasonable, and well thought out. For many good reasons, the stories coming out of Syria certainly tug at my soul. Those who are drawn to help, do so for many reasons and the stories of one particular part of the world, or group in need can make someone spring to action in a way that others can’t fathom. We expect soldiers in battle to do their work sans reasonable fear. Some who are drawn to helping do the same, and what may seem prudent caution to the rest of us, is thrown to the winds for certain causes and situations. Not ideal, but I think her altruism deserves a certain level of respect.
Are they not protected? If I didn’t have security, then there’d be no way in Hell I’d go anywhere outside the US.
Police officers, soldiers, fire fighters have training before they do their work or battle. Significant difference. Risky yes.
Stugace, you wouldn’t go anywhere outside the U.S. without “security”? Are you serious? You wouldn’t go to London or Paris or Rome or Berlin or anyplace else in Western Europe? Including countries with crime rates far lower than our own? You would even be afraid to visit Canada? If all of that is true, you’re missing out on an awful lot in life. I don’t happen to believe that everything worthwhile in the world can be found only in the U.S.A.
Yes, I wouldn’t go anywhere outside of the US. Each country has different laws that differ greatly from ours. If something bad happens over there, you’re not going to be able to get back to the States for a while or possibly ever.
@Stugace, that makes me sad for you.
At least I don’t have to worry about my safety every waking day. :-"
I’ve traveled around Latin America without security. Felt a hell of a lot safer there than 10 miles away from my front door in Detroit. (Not that I fear Detroit but my point stands.)
I feel bad for ya. Must be hard to live with such fear.
ETA: Oh yeah LOL I forgot. I went to high school with a murderer. He decapitated someone and came to our first hour the next day like nothing happened. Made national headlines as a thrill kill. Nice, safe suburban neighborhood to boot.
This seriously boggles my mind…
Totally agree with post 30. When my kid got her assignment to Rwanda for the Peace Corps, we had this discussion. We agreed that if you were nixing one place based on human rights issues in the past, there were not too many places you could go to.
Because nothing bad ever happens here. I’d avoid movie theaters for awhile if I were you. Or Post Offices. Or heck, elementary schools in quiet neighborhoods.
You are in serious denial.
You are in serious denial
And apparently not female, a minority, elderly or gay/trans.