That's a good question Hawkmoon. If I confronted the gang leaders, I could get both the child and myself killed- and possibly also endanger innocent bystanders (this isn't 100% for sure, but the odds are good enough, that I'm not going to do that.) So let's see, I call in an authority that, while it has problems, has some experience dealing with this sort of thing, and has the resources to (probably) produce a better outcome - social services. Do I work for change - economic and social? You bet- but I don't do it from behind the barrel of a gun. That usually only works out well in the movies.
That's a great analogy to Iraq, btw. I see the flawed, yet semi-credible social services organization as being the UN, and of course I am the US, the child is Iraq, the innocent bystanders are the countries around Iraq, that could get drawn in to this thing (although they aren't really "innocent" still, it sounded nice).
As for the lack of will stuff, phooey. You can't put this down to lack of will, or blame the people who see the problem for the problem. That's just silly. |
