First off - let it be said - I DO NOT like football. Not even in the slightest way. I used to work for a company that owned a suite at BC Place and every once in a while my friend and I would go to a Lions game. But instead of watching the game - we'd stay inside the suite and watch TV and eat the yummy appies that we'd ordered!

But this morning as I was listening to the news - I was hearing the joy and celebration from all those Saskatchewan fans. Their team just won the Grey Cup for the first time since 1989. Now really, who couldn't be happy for them? It made me smile. Then on the same news clip they played a fan from the other team (maybe Winnipeg??) who was actually in tears because his team lost. devastated. Alright. Call me crazy but doesn't it just tell us that maybe we get joyful/riled/devastated over some pretty pathetic things??

Where is our sorrow/rage over Darfur , or Afghanistan, or Iraq. Where are the tears over the insanity in so many Asian countries who practice child prostitution? Where is the emotion when millions die from disease and hunger. And closer to home. Where is the will to help the many homeless people who slept outside last night in freezing temperatures? Right here in Hope.

I know there are no answers. But nor will there be if we stop asking the questions.