Apathy On Sale............................

take a look around u..umm a lil more figuratively heh...make a count of all the things uve bought tt u dint really need...shocked yet..? n its not just u..its evryone i know...from my grandmom to my lil niece..just up to their noses in spanking new things that nobdy cn figure out y they bought in the first place..! is there a reason for the bum rush? its not like suddenly evryones richer..if incomes gone up so have prices..i guess the one thing tt has changed is choice..v hav so much more choice now...theres a substitute for evrythng.wch still doenst expl the lack of conscience of the happyshopper...conscience? u may ask..yes, conscience..or am i the only one feeling guilty here..? i seriously feel damn guitly around plentiness..its ridiculous..v have starvation deaths in our country for gods sake..screw the country..there are 3 month old babies dying somewhere in africa coz their moms dont hav enough in their stomachs to give them healthy milk..thats two generations of malnourished ppl...and here i am wondering wch shade of blue would go best wt murky (not muddy) green denims...is somebdoy elses life really that meaningless.? surely there must b more to their suffering than shallow credit card warriors in another part of the world..tt cant b right..it just cant...i know theres nothing i can do..nothing far reaching anyw..but does that make it ok for me to join the party..? maybe i dont need a coke aftr work evryday..or more than one pair of sandals..im not adding to nike and cokes billions if all thats gonna do is displace a few hundred lives..the haves and the have-nots are both human for gods sake..the poor deserve respect just as much as we need our cable tv...they feel pain and hunger just like v have our petty problems-jealousy and ego and greed...well im damned if im going down like that...i dont mean to preach n i knw its useless to say stuff like donate old clothes, give away money..but please please dont let the last embers of humanity die without a fight...there must b something u cn do..somethng symbolic n not too painfull..hey im sure theres somethng u cn give up...mebe save on a cd..buy a tape..or record it from someone who has it..switch off all electrical appliances wen u leave a room...the old testament sez He will punish the world by taking away all empathy..its the worse thng tt cn happen to a person isnt it..? wastefulness is easily the first big step towrds apathy...evry resource wasted is stolen from somebdy more in need of it do u realize..? they may have bought me off..i cant live without their damn conveniences...but im sure as hell not buying in...its been a pleasure pointlessly consuming...but there r some things money cant buy...