worst issue (Page 4)

Originally posted by anjali308

Poverty is a BIG issue that is prevalent in ALL nations (even in the most industrialized) and is an issue which needs to be given immediate attention and attention to by ALL leaders of the world

To me, of all the issues listed, I believe that war is the biggest issue.  Mystica and Puja, I totally agree with you about war as it is the bearer of all the troubles listed.  To me, war doesn't have the same meaning it once had.  War no longer means World War I, World War II, or one of the other large scale wars our world has seen. It is no longer fighting between two nations for a cause.  Rather, now we have the "war on terror" (courtesy of Bush) which on the surface has an agenda to crack down on would be terrorist cells abroad and within the US, but which in reality has crushed the civil liberties of many people within the US.  This "war on terror" has brought about a new kind of racial profiling in the US and has made it seem like an ok thing to do, when it is actually quite suppressive and demoralizing to those who face it.  After 9/11, countless number of people who "looked like" terrorists were imprisoned and even deported. 

The definition and scope of war has really changed due to the political climate as well as global events and has become even more oppressive and harmful than it was before.