Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Disturbing images of suffering!

The following images were sent to me this morning from Australia by a friend. I want to share them with you. They show the suffering that went on in the Sudan in 1994 during the famine in that country. I dare say that it wouldn't take a photographer long to find similar images today.

The Sudan is largely an Islamic country. One can but ask oneself the question: What do the fabulously wealthy of countries like Saudi Arabia do to alleviate such suffering? Wouldn't they be better off spending their gazillions trying to alleviate such poverty and hunger than by spending it on trying to promote Islam in the West, trying to promote their religion where it is certainly NOT WANTED! By the way, for your information, the photographer that took these photos, Kevin Carter, committed suicide three months after taking them. From depression!
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8 comments:

Always On Watch said...

How horrifying! Yet Saudi sits on the big bucks.

Mark said...

Always:

How horrifying! Yet Saudi sits on the big bucks.

Sit on the big bucks? Yes! And enjoy spending them too. In casinos, in the fleshpots of the world, and on all the luxuries this worldly life can offer!

Mark said...

Bld:

Oh, the glory that is Islam!

Mark said...

I can only agree with you, Eleanor.

Mark said...

Bld:

Good luck with your move! We all hope you will be back with us very shortly.

lanie said...

Mark, I'm very curious about those photos. Are you sure they are by Kevin Carter? I've been trying to find more of Carter's photos and can't seem to get them anywhere. Do you think your friend would mind telling me where they came from? I'm doing a research project.

Thanks!!
Lanie

Mark said...

Lanie:

I'll try my best to find out for you, but I can't promise anything. They were sent to me last year; so whether my friend will remember anything about them, I'm not at all sure. Please return to this blog in the next few days and see what I have been able to find out.

Mark said...

Lanie:

I have sent an email to try and find out for you. I am awaiting a response.

Meanwhile, you might like to check out the following URLs. They might help you:

Google Images

Flatrock

Amazon

BBC

SFGate