The age of individualism

Went to catch the "age of Stupid " with Winnie and Ryan... Good show I must say yet it serves really to show how stupid we all are...

After the show, I just felt i HAD to say something.. yet I didn't. Everyone was saying about their projects and their green clubs.. sigh yet somehow you get the sinking feeling that the bmws and big cars which they drove off well defeats the point. It became an environmentalist poseur club. A shame really when this show was organized by one singapore to combat poverty not really about climate change. Frustrated really...

I wanted to share that.. instead of talking about the green drinks club as one lady was introducing herself (What's that anyway.. sitting down to drink and talk about green things?)
I wanted to share and perhaps what the film really showed was the whole inequality of it all. The problem is the individualism of the people, the selfishness. Very much like children. The problem probably is more likely that we think we are smart. You see.. the question posed by the organizers is what can be done.. and everyone seems to want to point to a solution this and solution that. My take is really a change of heart. We can continue to be like kids who think we all know the answer and calculate the cost and blame each other. Or confess and humble ourselves that we are really stupid and need someone to lead us. Things won't change even if you reduce reuse and recycle. The carbon footprint think is good... but it should be motivated by the fact that we are a community. and we need to think for others. i.e. don't be selfish and spend everything. Each group had a point.

1. The pakistani children for saying that the americans waste.
2. The Nigerian lady for saying that shell as a company and govt should not simply take the money away.
3. The french man for stopping trucks.
4. The British guy for suggesting win power.

Yet the irony was this.
1. The Pakistani children wanted to kill Americans in a scene.
2. The Nigerian Lady wanted the fancy cars of the Americans.
3. TheFrench guy wanted to stop trucks because it was pointless.
4. The British guy drove a BMW around. (though he did try very hard and gave up his holidays)

Of course the Indian guy was the most stupid.. sadly because he really believed having a 1 rupee airline would eradicate poverty.. when we could see it was about him wanting more money.

Lastly the American. I know America is really to blame and all that. Facts and figures point to that. Yet the guy in the film displayed something which perhaps none had. He moved from being a stupid kid to one who became wise. Who began to learn his lessons. Children often do that if they are being taught.

I think we really need to relook at ourselves.. to learn the lessons. I wonder who can teach us?

On a side track, people often say that absolute power corrupts. In my heart I began to sense that most people there had a slight issue with power, each talking about his or her cause. You know perhaps power doesn't corrupt. The corruption was already there. Christ had absolute power.. yet he did it for a greated good. The people at the film were all clapping at the various people yet when Vernetta Lopez introduced that this was in partnership with New Hope Church in its drive to collect food for the poor. the Applause for the pastor was meagre. And the pastor did not make any comment whatsover. which really befits Matt 6 so well. The point is clear.. its our heart (jermiah 17: 4) which is corrupt...even in our best intentions we fail...

So i left the cinema feeling heavy hearted.. a weight of the world on my shoulders.. I wonder if that was the message to preach to share... And as I trudged back home.. crossing the traffic light.. A car just accelerated towards me.. seeing me he didn't stop.. he carried on and i had to jump out of the way. I got so angry i whacked his mirror. but he just drove on. Life? What am I here for?