Africa; Who Cares?

I know this is a bit late in that both movies The Lord of War, and the Constant Gardener have come and gone pratically without a wimper from the silver screen. I have just recently seen both movies ironically on a plane going to Africa to speak, and work with Agathos, an organization in South Africa and Zambia doing their best to help with the AIDS crises in those countries. You did know there was a crises didn't you? The numbers are staggering. Over 25% of the population is infected, and if something doesn't happen soon over 70% of the male population from the ages of 18-35 will be dead.
Anyway, both movies concerned Africa, and both movies showed how easy it is to justify our actions when money is involved. As much as I enjoyed the Constant Gardener, it is too easy to blame large companies for our moral failures and not accept the blame for our own. The crises in many parts of the African continent is enormous and the world stands afar and watches with a blind eye. I do it, you do, and we are all culpable. We sat and watched a slaughter in Rwanda, we continue to watch the slaughter in the Sudan, and we will watch the slaughter in Zimbabwe, because Africa is not economically viable. Do I have a plan, unfortunately not, I'm like the rest of you, a deconstructor wishing for an ideal that will never happen in a sin soaked world!