What should the society do for “uncivilized cultures” like the Sawi?
Frankly, it’s really none of our business to interrupt the circle of life of a group, where traditions were kept over a long period. Both sides of the opposite world are reluctant towards change and aren’t expecting those changes any time soon. What can we do to pluck out a rock stuck on the side of a stream? Who are we to categorize a human being “uncivilized” besides their skin colors? What is the definition of “uncivilized” and what can we, as “civilized people”, do for them to be like us? Also, it isn’t our responsibility to neither take care of them nor support them to be advanced, providing as much education. Statements may seem a bit cynical, but really what I’m exhibiting is a characteristic of pragmatism. When it is so clear that there are enough people suffering from anarchies in Africa or other parts of the world, why should we feel obligated to search for the uncivilized to help them, when we are in such major predicaments? What’s the point of helping the uncivilized when we aren’t civilized enough? What is the difference between slaughtering human flesh and pointing a gun to an innocent child? This entry would just be seen as a wall of rhetorical questionnaires, but these are the shimmers that were compelled as I was pondering about the issue.
What should the society do for “uncivilized culture” like the Sawi, in order for to acknowledge our own “uncivilized culture”?
This would be a better question for me to answer to the expected response.
The Peace Child is more than a simple collection of non-fiction events for it urges the readers to look behind their backs, relating to the world we live where we consider as civil. I was judging the book by its cover literally considering the culture of Sawi as uneducated and limited. But I realized the stupidity in myself where I was being immature not capable of comprehending the larger perspectives that I am ought to acquire. Uneducated person educating another uneducated person. How well would it work?
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Entry #2
Posted by Christina Lee at 6:51 AM
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Christina,
I enjoyed reading your entry because it was opposite to what I think the society should do for groups like the Sawi. I believe that we need to help those tribes that rotates around cannibalism and treachery because if we don’t it would lead to their death by their countries’ laws. Yes, we may be uneducated just as they are but still we, Christians, are at least saved by the acceptance of Jesus Christ in our life. If these Sawi or other cultures just get exiled or killed by the government then their life would go straight to hell because they didn’t necessarily had the chance to accept Jesus. I think that’s more unfair than anything else. Although we maybe uneducated and have a lot of flaws we still had the chance to have a life of eternity with God because we are revealed to Christianity in our every day lives when these more uncivilized groups are not. Therefore, although we may not be the perfect society we should still give those groups of people a chance to fix their life.
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