here i go on my high horse again

it all started when i had a conversation with tom and we started talking about the chapel speaker. "what did you think about chapel? we should have more of people like this come instead of having john dear," he spouted.
immediately, the accounts of last fall's chapel came to mind where, from what i heard, crowds of messiah student stormed out of chapel because john dear said unequivocally that if you support the war, you cannot be christian. in true brethren-in-christ/mennonite peace-loving god-fearing evangelical fashion, the students demonstrated their aversion to the message by being belligerent and intolerant.
now about yesterday's speaker: he's the president of international justice mission and the core of his message is that as christians, we are to help the oppressed. he followed this by showing a video of child prostitutes saved and slaves freed and added that many had come to know christ. and then the kicker, asking for money - "it costs $x to save a child prostitute" - which is utterly ridiculous because flaws in society is not fixed by throwing money around.
there is this utter denial by some people that injustice is caused by structural flaws, governmental mostly. some of us are unwilling to accept that while child prostitution / slavery is wrong, supporting government activities that inherently cause destitution and poverty is the main cause of these atrocities.
my sentiments are emphasized after watching the revolution will not be televised about the attempted coup of hugo chavez's venezuelan government. the opposition, helped in part by the CIA, attempted to boot chavez from office without a referendum. and while i do support foreign intervention in domestic affairs when necessary (i.e. genocide), the motivation of america was entirely economic - venezuela being one of the US's largest supplier of petroleum - despite chavez being an entirely democratic and charismatic leader. chavez's plans of a more egalitarian society (where only 20% of the population benefited from the petroleum) were derailed because of the coup. how is one to control one's anger in light of damning evidence such as these?
but i guess as christians, we are not to meddle in politics because after all, the government we have is god chosen. we'd much rather help on the micro level, sparing our change so that perhaps one more indian girl named shamala can spare the torture of having to have sex with 50 men a night.