Darfur Protest

[farnaby]

It's a far-off country of which I know little.

Odd choice of phrase, associated as it is with Hitler-appeasement.

Why should I take sides? Just because a few pop stars tell me I should?

Am I supposed to believe them when they say the rebels are good and the govt is bad? Why should I?

From a human rights perspective it's about government-sponsored genocide/ethnic cleansing of civilians being a bad thing. If you need another reason to care, consider China's role in supporting the Sudanese government as it attempts to gain control of global natural resources. It is this (China and possibly Russia's UN veto) rather than simply inaction by western governments or NGOs that is delaying proper action.

[Universal_001]

Humanitarian Intervention also raises the question..at what point do you intervne?

Ideally there are around a dozen siutations around the world that deserve intervention to stop them right now.

[trekkypj]

At last... some movement on this disaster.

Now this is a protest with which I can endorse myself 100%

The tragedy is, what with Iraq and Afghanistan, that it was ignored for so long