[lbo-talk] Dumbing down (part 2)

[Wendy Lyon]

I thought Amnesty Ireland was lame, and then a friend from Toronto
forwarded me the following page which she received as an email from
the Canadian chapter:

http://www.amnesty.ca/updates/speakout/oct07/index.html

It's pathetic on so many levels - the cynical use of a current crisis
to advertise an Amnesty-produced movie that has nothing to do with it;
the ludicrously simplistic equation of the two conflicts; and
especially the "actions" it asks recipients to take. Sign our petition
- send us some money - save Darfur!

Has there been a rash of people in North America signing up to Amnesty
since Paris Hilton announced she was going to Rwanda? That's the only
excuse I can think of for a 'campaigning bulletin' aimed as low as
this one.