Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Ignorance!
Yesterday morning, a lot of people were handing of leaflets titled “Act now to stop the genocide”. The leafleters were asking that people call Fidelity and “demand they divest from PetroChina and Sinopec”, alleging that approximately 70% of oil revenue there goes to the Sudanese military, thus funding the genocide. (If you are interested in learning more, go to www.DivestForDarfur.org).
I confess I haven’t investigated these claims, so am in no position to agree with or deny them. The reason for the title of this post is one of the people who unfortunately shared the elevator ride with me up to the 21st floor here at 14 Wall Street. He took great offence at the leafleters and was cursing up a storm about how they were wasting their time: “Who gives a flying fuck? ….If they want to help people, let them feed the poor right here in America!” He ranted loudly, all the way up. His colleague, who had not said a word, changed the subject as they exited.
This was a man with some education. Further proof (again, if you needed more,) that education does not preclude ignorance. If somebody comes from an insular place, has no education and is never around anyone who can teach them better, ignorance can be excused. But here in New York? No excuses! Nothing annoys me more in this world than educated ignorance. And this was the worst example of it that I have encountered in some time.
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I confess I haven’t investigated these claims, so am in no position to agree with or deny them. The reason for the title of this post is one of the people who unfortunately shared the elevator ride with me up to the 21st floor here at 14 Wall Street. He took great offence at the leafleters and was cursing up a storm about how they were wasting their time: “Who gives a flying fuck? ….If they want to help people, let them feed the poor right here in America!” He ranted loudly, all the way up. His colleague, who had not said a word, changed the subject as they exited.
This was a man with some education. Further proof (again, if you needed more,) that education does not preclude ignorance. If somebody comes from an insular place, has no education and is never around anyone who can teach them better, ignorance can be excused. But here in New York? No excuses! Nothing annoys me more in this world than educated ignorance. And this was the worst example of it that I have encountered in some time.
