Neutrality? Humanity?
Here's something I've been thinking about like, non-stop for the last couple of days.
The scenario: A relief organization is allowed access to prisoners (and for the sake of argument let's say these prisoners are civilians, not combatants) in a war-zone and discovers that there is gross mistreatment of those prisoners.
Does the relief organization keep quiet and help as much as they can while on the inside, thus retaining their status as a neutral third party? Or do they come forth with the information, pretty much guaranteeing that they will no longer be allowed access in the future, and hope that the international community will respond with something other than complete inaction?
The scenario: A relief organization is allowed access to prisoners (and for the sake of argument let's say these prisoners are civilians, not combatants) in a war-zone and discovers that there is gross mistreatment of those prisoners.
Does the relief organization keep quiet and help as much as they can while on the inside, thus retaining their status as a neutral third party? Or do they come forth with the information, pretty much guaranteeing that they will no longer be allowed access in the future, and hope that the international community will respond with something other than complete inaction?
posted by Sara at
12:21 p.m.
1 Comments:
cool thoughts, shannon! someone has suggested to me that perhaps there should be *one* organization that remains neutral (i.e., the red cross in our society), and everyone else can be as vocal as they want, but i think you're left with the same problem... they're the only ones allowed into certain areas BECAUSE they remain neutral.
i guess that it comes back to what you were saying re: they're still being abused. it's a lot easier to make the decision to speak out when your being there isn't making much of a difference. let's say that they ARE making the situation better by being there... so the question is, do you stay quiet and definitely help the few, or take the risk and potentially help the many (or conversely help no one if the rest of the world chooses not to respond)?
i get so frustrated sometimes... when i was in australia i took a class that left me convinced that the only thing that's going to make a real difference--not a band aid solution--is to make people care... it's not politics, it's the human heart. which is why i think people so badly need to meet jesus, and then look at the way he lived his life and follow, even though we fall so short....
ok this is turning into a post itself... *falls off soapbox*
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Sara, at 5:26 p.m.
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