Re: Two minutes' silence ?!

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Kalle Kivimaa writes ("Re: Two minutes' silence ?!"):
> You are always either cherry-picking with some random criteria or not
> doing things like this at all. I think it is within the rights of the
> organizers to participate in a silence endorsed by the hosting
> country, and then again, it is of course the right of each participant
> to either participate or not.

Well, I'm going to stand up for those who disagree strongly enough
with these (IMO completely bogus) criteria.

> Let's face it, Media Events get more attention than others. The
> Finnish Red Cross got an all time record of donations during the Asian
> Tsunami aftermath, even though there are famines in Africa each year
> which kill more people.

This is not a justification, merely an explanation.  We should oppose
such discrimination with our words and deeds.

Ian.


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