An indication of my age.
The kids replayed Michael Jackson's video, Man in the Mirror, again to an unidentified exponential time. Lest beknownst to these young eyes, are the social problems of the 1980s as portrayed in the video is no different than today. The faces may be different, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Lech Walecha with the Solidarity Movement in Poland, Mother Teresa, the little girl that fell into the well, the Iran-Iraq conflict, homelessness and unemployment lines, (can you identify all of them?)
In 2009, we see Joel Osteen, Auug Sun SuKyi (in Burma, Rangoon, Yangoon), kidnapped and abused children, Global War on Terror, homelessness and unemployment lines.
Somehow we recovered from the 1980s, if only we can apply the solution to our current turmoil.
A strange observation of the children after they have seen this video a few more times, the realization that they have a fortunate life. Luxury compared to the little skeleton child in the video, slowly nibbling on a stale cracker.
An interesting legacy left by Michael Jackson. Interesting.
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