While it is certainly sad about Diana, her humanitarian efforts were
mainly'show' and not 'do.' Sure, she was there and called attention to
various causes, but did she actually do much more that pose for
photographers on site with the homeless, or the HIV afflicted, or the
landmines as a backdrop?
Mother Teresa, on the other hand, was involved personally in the care of
the homeless and the afflicted and the unwanted. Of course, she was in
India and not in the Western World.
> After a while, I realized that American television executives are a lot more
> cold-hearted than I had previously thought. They see Diana's death as a materialistic
> gain due to her popularity. They figure more people will watch the death of a princess
> whose humanity and generousity is far overshadowed by a woman who lived in hardship so
> that others may live better or just simply live.
Realize that America is still colonial in the basic premise. True, we
got independence from Britain a long time ago, and true we have our own
culture. But also true is that we in the USA are basically economically
oriented and this is a result of our origins as economic colonies for
the mother country - England. While the US Consititution has a lot to
say about freedoms of this and that, it says nothing about economic
freedom or economic determinism of the individual.
> Some may say that I'm "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed" due to my idealistic
> nature. I want to believe in the good in people but this fiasco makes me want to
> redirect my thoughts for the negative.
There has to be some good in all this. But I, like you, can not find it
at the moment. Personally, I could see the money spent on flowers alone
contributing enough to overshadow the entire budget of Eritrea.
Estimates for flowers are now upwards of US$34,000,000. Given to
Diana's causes, to Mother Teresa's causes, or to Eritrea's causes, it
could make an unmeasureable impact.
> Mikael.
>
> p.s. I do not in anyway believe that Diana is not deserving of all this
> attention, I just believe that Mother Teresa deserves more.
There are many unsung heros in every country. As you can see from the
above, I agree.
JerryK (Richmond, California)