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Voice of the World (Free verse) by Dovina

They call us Third World below the Second below the First because we have less produce less suffer more But three are really one these days we can help you understand come and let us show you hear the One World voice Osama gives us food teaches kids to read Musharraf gives promises and sewage in the street Work all day to buy a chicken or dine on scraps of rich don’t say we have democracy and allies in the West Fill not the mouth of famine if you fear to make us strong but feed the brains of young ones not yet won to jihad’s cause Come and give them options show them one big world maybe we will kill you maybe they will not

Ranger 23-Jan-08/2:16 AM
You're saying some most un-Dark Angel-like things. Or at least you're implying some such things. Do people need fear to keep them in check? Yes, actually. It doesn't have to be fear of eternal violence. It's usually just fear of immediate violence, such a clip round the ear for being a little rascal. But when that fear disappears, what substitute is there to maintain some sort of pleasant social behaviour? Here's an example: it makes no sense for a ten-year-old midget to hurl abuse at a six foot four inch 21-year-old. All logic says that it's a terrible idea from the 10-year-old's point of view. So why does he do it?

I'm not a particularly religious person. I had all my real hope bludgeoned out of me by your chums in the scientific world. I don't particularly want to murder someone, but then I'm a nice, boring person. And yes, I was brought up with mild religious undertones. Weren't you? Can I give in to the popular media for a moment and ask you about Mr. Newlove's killers? Why don't they seem to have any remorse?

I think I've spent the last ten minutes just waffling around your original question. This is why I only got a 2:1.




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