End Colombian $$$ aid ??? Those crazy Brits!!!

juancegomez says on Jan 1, 2008, 09:19:

I still personally believe that's one of the most misleading NGO names ever. The main thing they want is what they consider justice for unions and little to nothing else.

As for the actual issue of British aid to Colombia, I could even agree with the ultimate objective of ending it, if they were to make less biased, incomplete, incorrect, half-true or simply questionable statements in the process of arguing their case. If they really wanted justice for the entire country, I'd expect something much better from them.

Some of the stuff on that website is undoubtedly true, that much is undeniable enough, but there are also quite a few questionable things, resulting in issues that deserve a far better treatment than they're willing to provide, at least from my point of view.

Not to mention that they even posted a long statement falsely attributed to Carlos Gaviria on the Guardian's website not that long ago, which was later removed after it all became public knowledge. That's not exactly something worth applauding.

The bottom line is that I respect HRW and even AI, not to mention actual union members, quite a bit more than I could ever respect "Justice for Colombia".

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Cerealkiller says on Jan 2, 2008, 04:08:

I bumped into this website a couple of months ago. Needless to say I was appalled by their lack of objectivity and the crappy quality of their information. I sent them an email and complained, Im sure they probably did not give a shit about what i had to say but still... hitting the send button felt good. You guys should try it :P

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives -John Stuart Mill

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