Landmine Video

This public service announcement was aired only for a few days in the United States last year. The reason it was pulled from the air was because people found it too traumatizing.
I agree that it is a very unpleasant scene, but it's only depicting what people in mine-laden counties have to deal with day after day. A farmer who plows his field [in a mine-laden countryl] hits a mine. He could lose a leg or even worse -- his life. Children playing in a field are often subject to the same fate. But what can be done to stop this?
People need to care. This commerical is one way to do that. It was the perfect commerical to get people to care. After it was aired, it made many people upset. But people once again chose to turn a blind eye to what was going on in the world.
The United States, one of the largest mine producing nations, needs to sign the internataional mine-ban treaty. This treaty is designed to stop the use, development, production, stockpile and transfer of anti-personel mines, and to stop assisting or encouraging individuals, private companies, the military, or non-state parties in violating the treaty.
Several organzations are already working to clear the world of land mines. For more information check out www.landmines.org and www.mineaction.org