Tuesday, February 2, 2010

How we would want Afghan children to play or cry

Please watch how Afghan children ski and play ‘marbles’ with stones

Transcript of Video

Modern Warfare 2 is a video war game that raked in US$550 million in the first 5 days of its sales

Afghan children playing ‘marbles’, with stones

Play may involve fears and risks

Afghan children skiing with sneakers, shoes & sticks

We need to ask all those hard questions from the very beginning

What do we want children to grow up playing & learning?

‘Cos when the children fight let them know it ain’t right’

‘When the children pray let them know the way’

What can we say when the children cry in the wars which adults wage?


Background Music “When the children cry”

Little child, dry your crying eyes
How can I explain the fear you feel inside
Cos you were born into this evil world, where men has killed young men, and no one knows just why
What have we begun, just look what we have done
All that we destroyed, you must build again

When the children cry, let them know we tried
Cos when the children fight, let them know it ain’t right
When the children pray let them know the way
Cos when the children sing, then the new world begins

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