Generational Apathy

Some time ago I was in a Women's and Multi-Cultural Film class we watched the movie "Children of Men." If you haven't seen this I highly recomend it.

It takes place in the year 2027 and the end of mankind is soon. The human race has become infertile, and there haven't been any babies born for 18 years; as a result the world has all but collapsed and gone to hell, it's basically a distopia. But then a woman shows up who is pregnant. The premise of the film might sound strange but it is very powerful example of what the world could end up if things don't change-which brings me to my point.

After the film we were discussing it and it was brought to our attention that people are calling our generation a "generation of pacificts." That we don't care what happens to our world; we don't care about the environment, we don't care about the wars, and that we don't really care about the state of man.

Look at the "hippie"/"vietnam" generation. They saw problems, they wanted change. They wanted change and they had a voice. They had a voice and they used it.

Where's our voice? Sure there are some, but they're just whispers in the wind. Our world needs change. It needs change and it needs our voice, any voice. Right or wrong, black or white, up or down, it needs our voice; we need our voice.

Silence does nothing. Apathy does nothing.
Find your voice and use it. Scream it. This world is going to be our responsibility. We need to prove that apathy won't rule us. We have to use our voice to make the world better for the next generation. We need that hope. It's the hope that makes life worth while, makes it worth it.


Scream at the top of your lungs, use your voice.