@Renee – Good point about the conversation with Liberians abroad. If you know of anything online and public (ie, not your facebook!) go ahead and leave a link here and I’ll put it up in a subsequent post. Also, hope you mean the CSM land story! I’m going to put up a bunch of photos about that tomorrow.

This is the most disgusting piece of conflict porn I’ve seen in a long time.

Thanks for responding. I am not against exposing and showing what is really happening in Liberia, in fact I have been wishing and praying for a really good investigative journalist to start exposing some issues that need to be looked at in Liberia, just hoping it would be a Liberian journalist or a foreigner who had taken his or her time to really live life there (with the people) and do his or her research. I often read the blogs and am impressed by them at times. (LOVE your photos)

SO many things rubbed me the wrong way with the Vice piece and for various reasons, not all being even about Liberia, but about our Western – or North American – culture and the ills I see here.

That said, one of the interesting things I am seeing though with some facebook Liberian friends and friends of friends is that some of the more well-to-do Liberians and those who have benefited by being outside Liberia are taking notice of the awful conditions in Monrovia by watching the series and not really noticing how poorly the series was made (or its factual errors and sensationalism) but discussing how they can get involved in their own country. That fascinates me and encourages me.

The silver lining?

I enjoyed the article about land issues and if you want a source for a related story that is very interesting, let me know and I will pass you on to someone!

Cheers, Renee

It seems you are not alone in this opinion. Hopefully I’ll be able to see it soon and add more thoughts here. Until then, I’m hesitant to add to the already acrimonious conversation.

Glenna