^and this is why it's all doomed to failure
Stupid people convinced that 'making a difference' means making a difference to the way they feel rather than to any intractable problem on another continent
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Stupid people convinced that 'making a difference' means making a difference to the way they feel rather than to any intractable problem on another continent
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Thought that with the Tom Hardy example, he went to Yemen? The best thing we could all do to help Yemen is to put pressure on our Government to put pressure on SA. Ok it isn't a black&white situation but more could be done...but getting Tom Hardy with a placard outside Westminster asking all his fans to write to their MP doesn't bring in the cash I guess.
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they should have dressed him up as Bane and dropped him behind enemy lines
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With Yemen a lot can be achieved by the world stopping selling arms to either side and getting SA and Iran to talk rather than fight their proxy wars.
But that's not going to happen any time soon and the likely hood of all out war is getting much greater.
As for governmental pressure from SA, from what i've heard with interviews of diplomats is public pressure is counter productive.
I would hope there is some pressure in private but being private I have no assurances there.
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But that's not going to happen any time soon and the likely hood of all out war is getting much greater.
As for governmental pressure from SA, from what i've heard with interviews of diplomats is public pressure is counter productive.
I would hope there is some pressure in private but being private I have no assurances there.
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It's a free country.
But in specifically the situation in Yemen it's not going to help unless Mohammad bin Salman is a big fan of his.
Where it would help is if there was a situation where the public giving a shit mattered. Iran and SA are not going to stop their fighting because some westerners are concerned about it and the cold hard fact is the UK government have only a few leavers to pull and they must be pulled in private in order to have a positive effect.
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But in specifically the situation in Yemen it's not going to help unless Mohammad bin Salman is a big fan of his.
Where it would help is if there was a situation where the public giving a shit mattered. Iran and SA are not going to stop their fighting because some westerners are concerned about it and the cold hard fact is the UK government have only a few leavers to pull and they must be pulled in private in order to have a positive effect.
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Humm, a positive change might be not dropping British supplied BL755 cluster bombs on civilian populations.
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Like I said
"With Yemen a lot can be achieved by the world stopping selling arms to either side and getting SA and Iran to talk rather than fight their proxy wars."
I'ld love the UK government to ban arms exports to SA.
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"With Yemen a lot can be achieved by the world stopping selling arms to either side and getting SA and Iran to talk rather than fight their proxy wars."
I'ld love the UK government to ban arms exports to SA.
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We are all agreed then? Tom Hardy is going to stand outside BAE until the UK stops selling offensive armaments to SA. He will be the bane of the arms industry!
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I'ld feel better about things.
Wouldn't make a difference on the ground though.
SA will just buy more from America.
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Wouldn't make a difference on the ground though.
SA will just buy more from America.
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*Rings Putin*, *texts Saudi8
Whatsapp to Iran. Writes flowery letter to France. etc etc
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Whatsapp to Iran. Writes flowery letter to France. etc etc
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"any intractable problem on another continent"
Ah I see, you just object to supporting overseas charities then?
Sure you wouldn't decline the help from the likes of Shelter, Cancer Research, RNIB etc if you found yourself in a position to need it.
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Ah I see, you just object to supporting overseas charities then?
Sure you wouldn't decline the help from the likes of Shelter, Cancer Research, RNIB etc if you found yourself in a position to need it.
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More must be done for B3tans who are homeless, cancer ridden and drowning.
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works just as well with domestic charities
Shall we vote for people who promise to raise taxes in order to combat homelessness / research cancer cures / help disabled people or shall we pop 50p in James Corden's rattling tin for an instant warm glow?
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Shall we vote for people who promise to raise taxes in order to combat homelessness / research cancer cures / help disabled people or shall we pop 50p in James Corden's rattling tin for an instant warm glow?
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So make the NGO's GO's?
Make charity workers currently working for free or reduced pay state employees? Currently thats 853,000 people.
That's going to be very expensive to do isn't it?
Also it's going to make them political. MSF is already a target when doing their work. Is making them an arm of the state going to help that?
If it were me I would continue to fund these causes via massive tax relief and government funding.
Anyway, whatever makes you feel good when sneering at others helping others.
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Make charity workers currently working for free or reduced pay state employees? Currently thats 853,000 people.
That's going to be very expensive to do isn't it?
Also it's going to make them political. MSF is already a target when doing their work. Is making them an arm of the state going to help that?
If it were me I would continue to fund these causes via massive tax relief and government funding.
Anyway, whatever makes you feel good when sneering at others helping others.
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it's not helping, most of these problems get worse every year
Because the real solutions are hard and involve much more sacrifice than people are comfortable with
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Because the real solutions are hard and involve much more sacrifice than people are comfortable with
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I suspect the people making the sacrifice will be the ones needing charity that your NWO has nationalised...
Anyways, got shit to do Benny. Fuckity bye!
( , Mon 4 Dec 2017, 13:27, Share, Reply)
Anyways, got shit to do Benny. Fuckity bye!
( , Mon 4 Dec 2017, 13:27, Share, Reply)
Here you go
Could have done more research but not worth it for a half hearted Benny Bargey.
data.ncvo.org.uk/a/almanac17/workforce-3/
data.ncvo.org.uk/a/almanac17/workforce-4/#Workforce_and_organisation_type
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Could have done more research but not worth it for a half hearted Benny Bargey.
data.ncvo.org.uk/a/almanac17/workforce-3/
data.ncvo.org.uk/a/almanac17/workforce-4/#Workforce_and_organisation_type
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Well I said "Make charity workers currently working for free or reduced pay state employees?"
Thought the number was large enough to point out it couldn't be nationalised without muddling things with workers that work for free a few times a year or month.
But here you go.
data.ncvo.org.uk/a/almanac14/how-many-people-regularly-volunteer-in-the-uk-3/
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Thought the number was large enough to point out it couldn't be nationalised without muddling things with workers that work for free a few times a year or month.
But here you go.
data.ncvo.org.uk/a/almanac14/how-many-people-regularly-volunteer-in-the-uk-3/
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