The Humanitarian Fallacy
This situation is terrible,
Therefore we must do something.
This is something,
Therefore we must do it.
Discuss.
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because information can save lives
This situation is terrible,
Therefore we must do something.
This is something,
Therefore we must do it.
Discuss.
The situation is terrible
We haven’t a clue, but feel the need to do something.
We must bring foreign experts
Pat the locals
And see whether something that worked in Timbuktu works here.
Consultants. Pay !
Workshops and Conference.
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Discussions.
Do little.
Party privately and write a lessons learnt.
Go home with battle scars
Get laid.
Get a life.
While the conflict goes on.
Sanjana Hattotuwa
5 May 06 at 9:48
Is the situation terrible or is it terrible that the situation exists?
Have the lessons been learnt and not applied?
To me that is terrible!
Do conferences, workshops, and discussions, produce seeds that went unnutured? Could they be brought out of storage and be put in well tended soil?
James
6 May 06 at 6:27
Well put, Paul.
Paul
8 May 06 at 6:49
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