Rant number 232
I'm watching a documentary, and I'm enjoying it. It's about a Mongolian family struggling to survive being joined by an 'everyman' from the UK. It's a tried and tested formula this and the documentary makers love to show the 'other side' of the world.
Always, they show 'the other side,' tell you how bad things are. That on it's own is something. Suffering should not be hidden and should be told to the world.
What I always wonder is though, are they just reporting or they hoping to affect some change?
I get it that they can't help everyone. No-one can do that. What I do always hope though is that they try and change the lives of those in front of them at the very least.
I bloody well hope so.
It's always niggled at me, and its question that it's probably not possible to answer.
We've seen harrowing images on TV, in magazines, on posters and online of harrowing images. Starving children dying of hunger or thirst or decease.
They may feel that they are helping most by sharing the plight, but part of me just wishes that they would feed, water or cure that child.
I really hope that this is the first thing they try and do as soon as they put down the camera.
If they don't - they have no hearts at all.
I really hope that these documentaries and photos are a way out for those who are suffering.
That's how things should be!
Rant over.
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