the saddening truth..

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Photographers and other people in there area were specifically ORDERED by their superiors and the authorities NOT to touch famine victims. The risk of disease was too great, as was the politics involved in it. It’s kind of like the politics involved in the recent cyclone. People were dying, but we couldn’t just barge in, because the government said they wouldn’t allow it. Same with this picture. He couldn’t do anything, or rather, he was too scared of the consequences at the time to do anything. And for that regret, he killed himself.

To those who criticize the Photographer for not helping: What exactly are YOU doing? Are you putting your life in danger, spending weeks among some of the bitterest human landscapes on earth and devoting your money to these problems?

Finger pointing is a habit isn’t it?

Taking that picture and opening the worlds eyes to the tragedy that goes on in the world did a lot more good than just giving that one child any help. Under the photographers circumstances he did what he could. He showed the world what was really going on. Helping that child to one facility, or to one meal would not have helped. It would have just starved later.

It’s sad to say that one life will save hundreds of others, but it’s true. That picture made people wake up and start helping.

To those criticizing. Did you eat a good meal today? Did you feel guilty because a child was dying of starvation somewhere in the world while you ate it? I thought not.