hat tip to Yoza
"Everyone plays by the rules of the game if they want to stay in the game." (Quoted, Daniel Schechter, The More You Watch, The Less You Know, Seven Stories Press, 1997, p.39)
The rules include focusing intently on the crimes of others while suavely ignoring comparable, or worse, crimes at home.
Aid organizations are complaining that they are not being allowed to deal effectively with the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in Burma. Ingo Radtke, director of German aid group Malteser International, spoke to SPIEGEL ONLINE about the frustration of not being able to help people who are in desperate need.
Jun 2, 7:16am
