Pink Floyd: On the Turning Away

It seems to be that people have become so used to or/and deadened to human suffering, that it dies not matter any more. The phrase "banality of evil" comes to mind. 200,000 dead in Darfur, upto 650,000 Iraq's may be dead as a result of the American invasion, tens of thousands of troops injured, another 3,000 dead, millions dead in Africa due to starvation, AIDS etc, and yet it does not even seem to register. The UN says that for less than what the countries globally spend on defense, every child in this world can be clothed, fed, given shelter, educated etc- and yet we mindlessly keep manufacturing WMD's and more ways to kill ourselves. All of this scarcely even seems to register with the average Joe, who's probably too busy shopping or gorging himself silly. Now no one expects anyone to kill themselves over the general suffering of mankind, but are we so blinded with our own selves and needs that we cant even pick one cause and try and make a difference?


"No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
Its not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that therell be
No more turning away?"