congolian situation

dragonhack · Post by **dragonhack** » 10 Feb 2004 12:42

man i dont know whats wrong with the world today...in the congo right now theirs a war being fought and theirs no media coverage on it at all...its also been going on since 1997 the first ive heard of it was about a month ago and it was the most horrifing thing ive ever heard of....children from the ages of 8 to 18 are being recruited by various militias to fight on the front lines for them...the younger the children the closer to the fighting they get(because they want their older stronger smarter and more capable fighters to go in after the younger ones get slaughtered)this isnt the worst part either, some of these militias are using a religion of sorts to command their troops.they tell these children that if they drink a "magical water" itll make them fly, be bullet proof, and feel no pain. i think everyone should educate them selves about these atrocities that are going on ouit there and see if its at all possible to help them in any way possible...even if just by spreading the word...well..i got my 5 cents in here hopefully this will help in some sort of way..any opinions you have on this can be posted here.here is a link to one of the articles i read just recently on this subject.
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/world ... 4929_74929

Seath · Post by **Seath** » 10 Feb 2004 13:48

I knew of this. I dont think you'll be getting too many serious yes voters

FootbaggingFrog · Post by **FootbaggingFrog** » 10 Feb 2004 14:23

i think you should be able to fight once you truly understand what you are fighting for, which seems to be 16+ in most areas, but 8 years old is f*cking cruel B.S.

Chris Hanratty · Post by **Chris Hanratty** » 10 Feb 2004 14:57

Whoever voted "yes", if I ever meet you I'm going to teach you a thing or two.

Yes this is horrible, it's not fair to the children at all. I could go on forever about this but I recently realized that most of the time that I write big posts it's a waste of time and has no real benefit.

FlexThis · Post by **FlexThis** » 10 Feb 2004 15:36

Chris Hanratty · Post by **Chris Hanratty** » 10 Feb 2004 15:52

lol true I guess, thanks.

I just noticed that alot of my long posts end up to be convo killers, hah. Maybe it's just coincidence, lol.

dragonhack · Post by **dragonhack** » 10 Feb 2004 16:24

yea thats some pretty crazy shit going on out there...i dont think kids should be exposed to shit like that.

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 10 Feb 2004 19:47

i put yes, but i'll explain why.

i do not think children should be drafted or recruited for a war! i don't think children should have to deal with war at all. children should only have to worry about being children, learning, playing and laughing.
during world war 2, my great great uncle, who was 10 at the time he started fighting, was a french resistance fighter. he was helping downed allied fighter pilots, and dropping underground newspapers, etc. no, he wasn't fighting in the front lines, but he was fighting in the war. he helped. so in my opinion, yes, if they offer to help, but don't send them to the front. when it comes down to you, or them, you always want it to be them...

dragonhack · Post by **dragonhack** » 11 Feb 2004 20:22

well put. i guess an explanation was definately warranted...

mc · Post by mc » 11 Feb 2004 21:01

i put yes because I'm down for population control.

legalize murder!

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 11 Feb 2004 21:29

matt, i truely hope that wasn't a cheap shot at me...

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congolian situation

do you think it is just for children to fight in wars?

congolian situation