Microcosm or thereabouts
I was told a story by a colleague of mine today, and it really brought into focus what is wrong with the media and social networking (in my mind at least). The U.S. has armed forces in the Middle East. These are not always popular people with the locals they are there to ... deal with? protect? Whatever the story might be this year, either way, there they are. These men and women are risking their lives to protect freedom and the American way, again, whatever that is this year. In general, they have done no wrong, but as representatives of what many in the region hate - westernism, Christianity, the U.S., NATO, the U.N., white privilege, etc. - they are at risk day and night. A convoy rolls into a village and it is nearly sunset. Suddenly, they see a woman in a hijab run into the road directly in front of the convoy in a narrow street where there are two choices: come to a full stop, or just go right over her and continue on to their destination a...