Factory Fire

As consumers we cannot hope to gain every single detail about every single factory of every single company of every single item we purchase. We already can barely retain the subjects taught to us in school, let alone retain information about the world's corporations. However, it is our responsibility as Christians to seek a means to prevent the misuse of workers. We have to. The first step is not forgetting the article we all just read. Like we talked about earlier in the class, we hear about these horrific stories on the news, say our "Aww" and move on with our lives. It is here that we can make a difference. Although it may seem difficult to bear the sins of the world, to walk around knowing that someone somewhere is hungry, cold, alone, and without hope, we cannot hope to solve a problem if we don't acknowledge its existence in the first place. We can't act for the corporations. It is they who must address the consequences of their own shortcuts. That's not to say that if corporations didn't cut corners there wouldn't be any mistreatment of workers; however, there may be less of it. Although these workers, like those in Bangladesh, receive a salary, they lack the monetary means to live - not just to eat, drink, or stay warm at night - but to live. Some people argue that something is better than nothing; yet, in a way it's worse. Rather than hitting rock bottom with not a penny to their name, these people exist in a middle state. This is their "normal." There's always an "up" from rock bottom. Where's the hope for a better future in "normal."