tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298679521297316105.post3066958214892710205..comments2023-05-23T03:21:30.701-07:00Comments on SO YOU THINK YOURSELF A PATRIOT?: PATRIOT-IN-ACTION...pt. 2Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09030635440764957933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298679521297316105.post-84268306567226479652009-03-27T09:38:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:38:00.000-07:00Yes, you are right, Sharon, it is really well done...Yes, you are right, Sharon, it is really well done by E.! Mind you 500 bucks a piece for chairs...!!! But they do the same sort of thing over here. And not only the state, you can also see it in (private) organisations. And in aid organzisations... really, really frustrating! I personally have no problems speaking up and pointing fingers when I am confronted with such disgrace created by the state, but when it's the red cross and other organisations I rather tend to keep quiet, because it never would have the positive result I wanted it to have, if I did say something. People would just stop donating and when you have looked into the eyes of the people who are only alive because some of that money has actually been spent the proper way, then you think twice about speaking up, because you know that's the lesser of two evils and people not giving any money, because of the bad news about the organisation is worse.<BR/>I suppose in such organisations such conflicts have to be handled internally. Mind you I have a good experience with Greenpeace here in DK. They caught somebody here doing something bad. And the really anoying thing was, that was a good guy, who was just not properly informed by his own people! So the boss asked me if I was willibng to keep quiet about it, since the counterpart had both appologized and was trying to make sure that that sort of thing would never ever happen again. After all that particular company had done so much for Denmark's environment. I think, that was a smart solution, everybody won there. Having made in public would in fact have been more desastrous for the environment.<BR/><BR/>So I guess, what we need is legal actions, legal settlements, which honor ethical guidelines.<BR/>In your case there perhaps an investigation might be smart, in order to find out where all the money went and who is earning on the new plans. Perhaps then more people than "just" E. are going to get interested, when they read about that in the papers!!!<BR/><BR/>I must say, I know far too little about your situation to have an opinion, but personally i am not very much for jails at all. Forgive me, but I feel that restraining people seems to be very important in the US, even worse than in Germany. Why don't they instead spend that money on rehabilitating people?<BR/>Because panishment never made anybody feel sorry about what they did!<BR/>Just remember Johnny Cash's song "San Quentin" and the reaction of the prisoners to it!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I wish you both good luck with your mission(s) and that you will get a decent number of people to join you. You deserve it!<BR/>love, SSGLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314160080172957748noreply@blogger.com