REFLECTION ON DRUGS AND GUNS

The article entitled ‘Drugs and Guns’ which written by Peter Hawthorne was discussed about the government of South Africa who were in difficulties on making decision whether to choose guns for the military used or to safe people’s life from AIDS. From the reading, I feet poor for the citizens who were easily lost their life because of AIDS. As we all know Africa was not such develop in economic so they had limitation in spending budget to the country. But, what I felt unsatisfied was when I saw the picture of Thabo Mbeki who was such luxurious life while the citizens were struggled for their living outside there. From my point of view, the government should focus on AIDS problems first rather than guns because if the government did not recover the problems, it will become worst. We should remember that citizens reflect an image of a country. The social ills gave the bad reputation and perception of that country which people might say that they were not well educated. Then after that the government should think the other ways to find the budget for the guns.