So did Ghandi. It cost them their lives. They could not escape the fate of all great humanitarians to be sacrificed. Great humanitarians have become rare. Now we have the Madonnas, the Michael Jacksons or these skinny catwalkers as role models for our children.
Nothing earns respect more quickly than to be a greedy consumer.
With modesty and consideration you get nowhere. The greedy heroes of the American screen have become household names across the globe - treasured icons of collective insanity, often only capable of portraying one dimensional characters reflecting the most violent abuse of the human spirit. Yes, that we have to have human rights is a human shame. Our social identity is no longer ascribed to us by our family and community, but achieved through education and occupation. People are judged not by who they are, but by what they achieve.