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  • Want to help me? DON'T help me! [must read]

    07/08/2005 7:21:29 AM PDT · by sionnsar · 24 replies · 2,657+ views
    Midwest Conservative Journal ^ | 7/08/2008 | Christopher Johnson
    Like Bob Geldof, Bono, Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, that British guy Gwyneth Paltrow is married to and just about every other wealthy liberal in the world, the Episcopal Church thinks that the way to help Africa is to send it a whole lot of money:“We believe the time is now to stand together as communities of faith, and people of conscience, and embrace our poorest sisters and brothers in the global community,” reads a portion of the petition published on the internet. The petition states further that its principles apply “both [to] those living in well-run economies and those not so...
  • Dangerous pity

    07/30/2005 3:22:57 PM PDT · by pau1f0rd · 4 replies · 368+ views
    Prospect ^ | July 2005 | David Rieff
    The millions donated to Ethiopia in 1985 thanks to Live Aid were supposed to go towards relieving a natural disaster. In reality, donors became participants in a civil war. Many lives were saved, but even more may have been lost in Live Aid's unwitting support of a Stalinist-style resettlement project Isn't it better to do something rather than give in to despair or cynicism and do nothing? This is the reproachful question familiar to anyone who has criticised organisations that view themselves as dedicated to doing good in the world. To those UN agencies, relief organisations and development groups working...