Thursday, August 29, 2013

Darfur

     "Darfur is a region in Sudan the size of France. It is home to about 6 million people from nearly 100 tribes. Some nomads. Some farmers. All Muslims. In 1989, General Omar Bashir took control of Sudan by military coup, which then allowed The National Islamic Front government to inflame regional tensions. In a struggle for political control of the area, weapons poured into Darfur. Conflicts increased between African farmers and many nomadic Arab tribes (United Human Rights)."

     Over 600,000 have been killed since the conflict. Another 2.5 million have been displaced. Over three millions lives have been horriably effected by this genocide. Religion is the last thing that should be causeing people to be acting in such a horid manner.




http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide-in-sudan.htm

http://www.ushmm.org/maps/projects/darfur/images/burning.jpg

Thursday, August 22, 2013

The Ethics of 'Calligraffiti'

A Dutch man known as the "Shoe", has been grafitting in Amsterdam since 1980. Before then, he would paint obsinities, and innapropriate pictures. At the time he did not believe in a god. Then one day he saw an old manuscript of the Bible.

At that time he decided to grafitti the scripture on the walls instead. He has many supporters, even though it is still against the law. He is trying to find a way to legally, grafitti on the streets. He has now found, while grafitting the Scriptures. Also, he has gotten permision to do his works on many shops. While his work teaches the people the scriptures, grafiting is still illegal.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23586259