Be the change you want to see....

This past week the question was mine, and yes I feel like an ass for taking so long in answering, but hey...get over it. The question was...You have the chance to cure the world of Cancer or AIDS or stop the violence in Africa or Israel/Palestine...which would you choose, and why?

I admit it, I was feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world and wanted to see if anyone had any answers or solutions. Guess what, everyone is as clueless as me! Honestly, I would love to cure the world of cancer, nothing would make me happier than for us to be able to save all those lives. Now, this is not to say that I find AIDS not worth curing, I do. However, AIDS is not a death sentence anymore and it can be prevented, that is unless you have rectal-cranial inversion and just want to choose to have unsafe sex or share needles. What does bother me about AIDS (***warning, going on a tangent***) is that politicians in our state particularly seem to feel that if we bury our heads in the sand and don't talk about sex on any level other than abstinence, than teenagers won't have sex so there is nothing to worry about. Yeah, because those raging hormones will just obey what the brain says right? So by that logic, we should not teach kids any math and we can just expect them to know how to balance a budget, determine interest rates and mortgage payments right? Aarrgghh!!!

So back to the question. On the violence front, while it is tragic and should be stopped, it won't stop until the people there want it to. No outside influence is going to make the violence end, it will only increase it in the long run. (Look at our lovely war in Iraq as an example. Stay tuned for Iran the sequel, coming to theatres before W leaves office). The people there have to make a stand themselves and the overall government in both places needs to focus on what is best for the country and people, rather than what is best for their pocket books. (That is good advice for everyone).

Curing cancer is my answer. So, get yourself examined, don't smoke, drink a glass of wine a day, eat healthy, exercise, somehow change your genes so you don't carry cancer, and you will still die anyway.