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Anyone heard of the anti-war charity "NION" (not in our name)? Surely being anti-war- rather than pro-aid/relief constitutes a political agenda? Especially when one considers this charity's links to communism... If they can stop Amnesty International from being a full on charity by classing it as political, I'm sure NION should be too. Opinions? (I'm not asking about your view on the war, just whether being anti-war is a valid charity or is it a political ideal...) |
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Anti-war isn't per se a political stance. |
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You just got the Ninja Tune email too? I assume its an American charity as the organisation here is called the Stop the War Coalition and doesn't have charity status. But morally speaking, there is nothing wrong with this. It is fighting to prevent genocide. |
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its just political |
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people linked Bob Dylan and the Beatles to charity, we still gave them lots of money :-) |
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wow, big expresions marlowe, per sa, very impressed |
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whoops, i meant ".....to communism"! |
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No, you're right. One could say they were against poverty. Is that political? If so, then Oxfam is political. |
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"big" thad? A three-letter word and a two-letter word? The US education system is worse than I thought ;) |
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Depends how much certain people in power wanted to distort meanings I guess...if they want something they can either disguise it, or redefine it. |
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It's a war aginst war |
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Okay, do you agree with amnesty no longer being recognised as a "proper" charity? Jonesy: Yes I did. I'm tempted to go to see Tobin at the Blue Mountain, but I've been gigging too much recently... |
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What were the criteria that resulted in the stripping of their charity status Ceri? I've no idea :) |
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its a war on war, its a war on war... there's a war on you're gonna lose you have to lose you have to learn how to die you have to die you have to die you have to learn how to die if you wanna wanna be alive! great song by Wilco :D |
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There is a war, between those who say there is a war, and those who say there is none. |
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I'd love it if a charity like this could bring about peace. it's absolutely hopeless though. bush is gonna get his way in the end.. you'll see |
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I can't remember the exact reasons, but it was along the lines of, "Their primary goal is to get human rights recognised. Human rights are a set of political ideals. Ergo Amnesty are a political organisation and not a charity." They still get some of the breaks charities do, just not all of them. |
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An example of people in power redefining words and ideas then eh? Sheesh, those motherfuckers.... to quote Kenneth Williams "when will it end?" |
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war..HUH.......what is it good for? |
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They've gotta do something or those leftists would get into power and we'd never have any wars and then we'd starve because the economy would fail :P Fun Fact: Suicide rates decrease rapidly in times of war (and that's in relation to comparative population size, not just straight comparisons!)... |
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definitions of words over morality! |
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