I am tired of people blaming an entire country for individual acts of crime and violence. I as an individual did not murder or rape anyone... should I be condemned because I live in a country where people are murdered and raped?

1. Are we causing negative change or positive change in our lives and our community?
Written by Anna Campbell
August 22, 2013
I am tired of people blaming an entire country for individual acts of crime and violence. I as an
individual did not murder or rape anyone... should I be condemned because I live in a country
where people are murdered and raped?
I believe that over generalizing type of stereotyping must end if we are going to be productive in
world peace.
It is good for horrific or shocking news to be out, especially when it is accurate and true. But, it
should be done for a good purpose or reason. Not to just throw garbage out in the wind.
I believe it is part of our responsibility as human beings to remind people of their accountability to
participate not only in the problems, but in creating the solutions. If we only have time to post
problems, and not to sit down and discuss the solutions, then we don't need to be sharing or
posting the problems. They are a distraction.
We must remained focused. It is similar to when the media uses graphic photos as a scare
tactic to have people purchase their magazine or newspaper. The news source isn’t trying to
help, they are only trying to make money. This type of news sharing isn't helping anyone build
“community” or “solutions”.
Yes, there are millions who care. People are people. Humans are Humans.
And people that choose to "judge" other people for the pure sake of fear or anger should look
inward and realize, they are the ones committing the damage. How would they like for others to
“judge” them? When we lump an entire country or group of people under 1 idea or problem, we
are forgetting that there are individual people inside that country or group. And each person
deserves their own opportunity to be seen as an individual.
The world needs to realize, each country is a piece of dirt with millions of beautiful people just
wanting to be apart of something beautiful and meaningful.
We humans are the ones setting our own limitations and boundaries. We each need to stop...
think... feel... and see that we are causing all this pain.. all this judgement. So, if we are causing
it, we can stop causing it too.