During the class discussion of Safe Area Gorazde, some people seemed almost offended by the "Silly Girls," and their obsession with the Levi's 501s, comparing it to people who choose to pay attention to the trivial aspects of life today instead of caring about the failing economy and current war.
Newsflash: We (the people who like the trivial pursuits) are perfectly aware of the current situation. There really isn't any way to completely ignore it.
However, there really isn't a point in brooding about the unpleasant aspects of the world when there is life to be lived. Cowering in a corner, rocking back and forth like lost children does no one any good. To be able to ignore what is going on in the world, if only for a moment, is the only way to not have a nervous breakdown every time I leave the house.
In a way, I respect those girls. To still find a way to hold on to normalcy, even in the face of the horrors around them, shows a sort of level-headed attitude that should be admired, not looked down on.
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It's understandable that the "Silly Girls" would be obsessing over jeans in a war torn country. But people in first world countries take their freedoms too much for granted and have to be exposed to some of the more terrible things going on in the world. The U.S. had to be won over through violence resistance and to ignore bloodshed would be ignoring a giant gun aimed at us a few inches away.
- Kristopher
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