Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Philip Clarke <nod at bouncing.org> wrote: > The whole Live Aid > phenomena was based around the principles of teaching a person to fish > rather than giving them some food, so showing tearful children as a > method of identifying is a backwards step. Currently the message being > sent by pictures like those is "I identify with that child and the > terrible conditions they live in, so I shall work for a living to give > them money" which is wrong on any level. I don't want to get involved with the other stuff, but I understand what you are getting at. Things tend to get warped in the fluttering passing of emails so it's alway necessary to very careful when you say things here on the LUG. There is a willingness to disagree and take out frustrations on each other. So I'll not get involved with commenting the thread of comments on these specific pictures. I missed the initial introductory text in the flurry of "need a password". But I whole agree with what you say above, once again, I am taking it out of the context of commenting on specific pictures. Your point is crucial to really helping people. It is no mystery that micro-loans have been rewarded so grandly with economic prizes. Around where I live there is a push to get goats out there in women's hands (men just kill 'em and eat 'em, we're looking for sustainable development). Around where I work in Malawi fish is a good solid foundation. Fish, that's what prompted me to comment (I was just trying to watch my ass above so I don't get burned). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7433120.stm A concrete success story about teaching someone to fish. This lady works right around where my recent pictures came from. Daniel