Looking around the area, Tom asked Dick. “Hey, did you know that switching off the power supply when you leave your house could save 15% of energy consumption?”
Dick replied, “Duh, Did you know that the average person generates 1/4 tonne of rubbish a year?”
Tom said, “Nooo waaaaay! Did you know how much plastic toys we throw away a year?”
And at this moment, Harry walks past and wonder what his 2 friends are blabbering about, ah yes.. they were confronting each other with random facts and getting quite excited about who knows more. “Hey guys, did you know that there is something we amiss in the air around?”
Oh yes, the annual haze is back surrounding the town. “Huh? I don’t know…. its not like its something we can do about.” Tom and Dick says.
Well more dangerous than playing with swords, ignorance takes the whole cake, its like smoking next to someone topping up his methane tank and stubbing the cigarette on the tank surface. But what causes ignorance? Is it ourselves turning a blind eye and taking a “it’s not my problem” outlook? Or do we not actively seek out solutions?
Anne Marie, the Queen of France during the French Revolution was said to have angered the people of the nation in a response to the then wide spread poverty due to high taxes. She was widely quoted to having said “No bread? then let them eat cake.”
Well this may not be true/exact words, but the truth is when a government ignores or doesn’t understand the situation of its citizens, the ordinary person would sure to suffer.
Miss South Carolina gives us an example of “Why Education is important to battle Ignorance”
