tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post8947094518303141072..comments2023-12-28T09:21:30.579-05:00Comments on Adam Holland: Why Oxfam won't call Darfur genocide, or condemn the Mugabe regimeAdam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06245468599571473818noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-15866777837229535642009-01-28T18:04:00.000-05:002009-01-28T18:04:00.000-05:00calgacus:Oxfam, like several other NGOs, has no co...calgacus:<BR/><BR/>Oxfam, like several other NGOs, has no consistent policy with respect to which human rights violations they criticize. This article very interestingly brings that point into focus by looking at Oxfam's roots during World War II's Greek famine. Throughout its history, it has faced a dilemma concerning where to draw the line between feeding the hungry and working with tyrants.<BR/><BR/>You missed that point. You seem to have some other preoccupation.Adam Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245468599571473818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-56964539567387744992009-01-28T13:43:00.000-05:002009-01-28T13:43:00.000-05:00Oxfam don't take political positions,. They're a c...Oxfam don't take political positions,. They're a charity providing aid, not a political organisation. So they only criticise governments that prevent them getting food and medicines to hungry and ill civilians, or whose forces kill their aid workers and medics. Israel has done all these things in Gaza, so Oxfam have criticised it.<BR/><BR/>Shouting 'look over there at Darfur/Sri Lanka , the Sudanese/Sri Lankans are committing war crimes too' won't really work as an excuse for Israeli ones.calgacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253675072578015749noreply@blogger.com