I think many of us are already associated or aware of the whole Darfur Mass Genocide situation going on right now. If you're going "Is Darfur an animal?" I'll give a quick little mini lesson. Right now, in Darfur [a region in Southern Africa] a mass genocide is occuring. Genocide is pretty much when people kill you for what you are [ethnicity wise, religon wise etc..] So basically, it's like a gang war, except it's lasted for a few years already, and more than 500,000 people are already dead.
Okay, so I'm a student activist against this issue & I'm just constantly keeping in touch with the Save Darfur Coalition and stuff like that. Well the other day, I was watching an Inuyasha episode. It was the one where Inuyasha cut off Sesshomaru's arm (
) and a jolt just hit through me. Inuyasha & Sesshomaru are pretty much practicing genocide; or attempting to at least, since neither one of them had died by the hand of the other one.
THINK ABOUT IT.
They're constantly trying to kill each other. They're brothers, are they not? (Yes they are!) But Sesshomaru is just nauseated by the fact that Inuyasha is a half breed. Well in Darfur, the Sunni Muslims are disgusted that some people are like Shiite Muslim. So bam bam kill each other. They're no longer a nuisance. This sounds ALOT like Inuyasha + Sesshomaru's loving brotherly relationship with each other.
I know a few friends who find it amusing that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru are always fighting. Does that mean we find real life genocide amusing? Believe it or not, I know a few guys who do. They think its 'darn freaking hilarious' that people over in Africa are killing each other and that they're at war with their own people. How is it funny? How is it funny that everyday, an innocent life is being ruthlessley ripped from their grasps? I think it's NOT funny. Entertainment like Inuyasha is one thing. But killing is not a funny thing. And I'm sorry, but if you think killing is 'darn freaking hilarious' learn to grow up. Seperate Inuyasha from the real world. Killing in an anime is different. Those people aren't really DYING. They kinda die in your heart. But the people over in Darfur (and all over the world) are being killed--for real. And let me tell you one thing; the deaths are not quick and painless.
So learn how to seperate fantasy from reality. Some things are just not worth having a great laugh over.
Good: "Hey did you see Naraku whupping Inuyasha's ass last night? It was hilarious!"
Bad: "Hey did you hear how a bunch of school girls in Darfur got burned alive in a church? IT was AWESOME." [this is a true story.]
I'm sorry if this essay seems graphic, but it's real. You learn so much more from it than fairytales. (Even though I like fairytales.)
