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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4 Responses to The Humanitarian Fallacy

  1. 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.
    White Prados herald
    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.

  2. 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?

  3. Well put, Paul.

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