Monday, March 17, 2008

UN ad: Stop Land Mines

It's great that the UN is trying to get us aware of how dangerous and horrifying land mines are, but they are making up a lame and fake story to tell us that, and it didn't get their point through me, all I thought was that: "I thought the UN could do way better than that". Maybe they are trying to make us feel that land mines could be anywhere, some people in Columbia just stepped ten feet from their front door and was blasted into pieces, examples like that would make it a whole lot effect. But a land mine in the middle of a carefully pruned soccer field!?!? If anyone should step on a land mine there, then it should be the person who took good care of the grass. I think the other reason why the UN decided to shot the scene like this is because some people who are living in places safe from land mines won't care about it( Well, people like me anyway ). Then after the UN get this idea into people's mind, then some people will start to help out, by donating money or some other ways. Anyway, land mines are a serious subject for those countries that have them scattered everywhere, most victims are kids, you can't blame them for picking up something shiny in the ground! Anybody would do so! People should think about cause and effect before they actually do anything, they have to know clearly about whether it would be a threat to anyone in the future or such. We should learn about where these land mine incidents are actually happening, and with the knowledge, we can help them by a lot of ways, or just getting people aware of such thing. We take too much things for granted, some people just want to live, and they are happy just because they have their family beside them, and these people are being blown apart, their family will never be the same again......so sad><

2 comments:

Justin Chang said...

I agree with the video part. It's lame and fake, I wasn't shocked at all. I think I would rather make a real one that is really occurring in our world.

Rusko said...

How else would you suggest that this kind of campaign be made more effective so that it reaches people like you and me? You are right when you say that we take too much for granted - we do! Our homes, our parents even our situations. Even on our worst days I think we have it much better than other people in different parts of the world. I guess the difference would be when we start appreciating that and extend our hands and support to those less fortunate. What a wonderful world that would be.....