Red, Green or Amber?

"Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often."
Mark Twain


Lady Gaga in her meat dress - yuck. After seeing footage and pictures of the number one Freddy Mercury fan in her cow-corpse attire at the VMA Awards, like a lot of folk, I was less inclined to satisfy my taste buds at lunch-time.


Then again, after finding out the reasons behind her publicity steak-stunt, it was clear she was referring to the way the American army dismisses lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender soldiers when they are open about their sexual orientation.

Whether appalled or amused by Gaga's antics, one thing is for certain, she has used her fame to highlight a cause she cares about, to try and make change in the hazy cloud of prejudice.
In her own words:


"As you know I am the most judgment free human being on the earth. If we don't stand up for what we believe in and don't stand up for our rights pretty soon we're going to have as much rights as the meat on our bones."


And she is right (well, then again only in principle - slightly off-track in self righteousness to call herself the most judgment free human being on earth surely?) but we do owe it to our own human wonder to speak out. To speak out against the persecution, the hatred, the discrimination and to be frank, the utter shit innocent people suffer in the hands of those who fail to grasp the importance, of human wonder.


Yes, maybe self righteousness does have a selling point after all.


But in what way can it actually make a difference in practice?


Well, lets start with human trafficking. With an estimated 12.3 million people worldwide being exploited, the charity STOP THE TRAFFIK aims to educate, advocate and fundraise are more than a drop in the ocean.



One of their campaigns led to over a million signatures being handed over in protest at the United Nation's first worldwide assembly about trafficking. Actually, the top-of-the-ladder bloke from the charity (Steve Chalke) then became the UN Special Adviser on Community Action Against Trafficking after this enormously important meeting took place. Domino effect and all that.


See for yourself how you can get involved with their work, and be a part of their human wonders:


http://www.stopthetraffik.org/