tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167597374560046348.post2409106170101475179..comments2023-06-14T08:33:11.809-04:00Comments on People Transforming Policy: Car Bomb Explodes in Bogotá as Trade Accord BeginsWalker Groomshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355089597884604803noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167597374560046348.post-489840047603780952012-06-07T19:35:35.819-04:002012-06-07T19:35:35.819-04:00To anonymous--I think your point is very well-made...To anonymous--I think your point is very well-made that human rights defenders who come from out of the country are able to leave. However, the author didn't say anything in his article about human rights defenders/social justice activists who come from out of country--that was an insinuation that you made. When he mentioned the bulletin about "64 attacks against human rights defenders&Amy Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967489724216821873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167597374560046348.post-2110021216925501782012-06-07T18:05:07.560-04:002012-06-07T18:05:07.560-04:00this comes off incredibly pompous and self-centere...this comes off incredibly pompous and self-centered, written by and for the protection of "human rights defenders", as if ordinary Colombians dont have to endure the same "burden" this Peacer experienced. When "well-intentionality" goes wrong , I suppose. The beauty of it is that the author seems to tell on himself: his stereotypes he felt prior to venturing out to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167597374560046348.post-72874898878754392892012-05-21T23:48:32.464-04:002012-05-21T23:48:32.464-04:00Anonymous:
Thanks for reading the WFP blog and my...Anonymous:<br /><br />Thanks for reading the WFP blog and my post. The point I wanted to make in this post was that Colombian civilians are at risk. As I wrote in the second paragraph, the bombing “showed me how exposed civilians are as a result of the armed conflict.” The rest of the post focuses on how civilian workers have been subject to human rights abuses by American companies and how the WFP Colombiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04049026894488613778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167597374560046348.post-65149542250415166242012-05-21T18:43:18.700-04:002012-05-21T18:43:18.700-04:00I am amazed at how little importance the article g...I am amazed at how little importance the article gives to the regular civilians that have to live in this city running the risk of getting killed (Unlike the writer, they have no choice but to stay there) and to the fact that the first suspicion on that terrorist attack has been placed mainly on the so-called FARC. The writer seems to have information that no one else has about who committed it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com