Comments for Orange County for Darfur Blog http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:41:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Darfur update: New United States policy for Sudan by Stephanie http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/darfur-update-new-united-states-policy-for-sudan/#comment-231 Stephanie Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:41:02 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/darfur-update-new-united-states-policy-for-sudan/#comment-231 The three objectives look positive. Implementation, as many media outlets are saying, will be key to the success of this strategy, though. This is a great video; it shows different sources discussing the policy shift and what it could mean regarding peace for Sudan. http://www.newsy.com/videos/u_s_shifts_sudan_policy The three objectives look positive. Implementation, as many media outlets are saying, will be key to the success of this strategy, though. This is a great video; it shows different sources discussing the policy shift and what it could mean regarding peace for Sudan. http://www.newsy.com/videos/u_s_shifts_sudan_policy

]]> Comment on Darfur update: New United States policy for Sudan by OC For Darfur strategy meeting is this Tuesday, Oct 27 « Orange County for Darfur Blog http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/darfur-update-new-united-states-policy-for-sudan/#comment-230 OC For Darfur strategy meeting is this Tuesday, Oct 27 « Orange County for Darfur Blog Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:07:52 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/darfur-update-new-united-states-policy-for-sudan/#comment-230 [...] week has been quite eventful. On Monday, the Obama administration released their official foreign policy towards ending the genocide in Sudan. This is a step in the right direction, and hopefully [...] [...] week has been quite eventful. On Monday, the Obama administration released their official foreign policy towards ending the genocide in Sudan. This is a step in the right direction, and hopefully [...]

]]> Comment on Kristof Discusses Rape by euandus http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/kristof-discusses-rape/#comment-229 euandus Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:43:48 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/?p=3104#comment-229 Thanks for your post. I just wrote one about what it means when such brutality is "normalized" by virtue of simply being used on a regular basis...when in fact it ought to be regarded still as beyond the pale. I am providing the link in case you are interested. http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/using-rape-against-political-protesters/ Thanks for your post. I just wrote one about what it means when such brutality is “normalized” by virtue of simply being used on a regular basis…when in fact it ought to be regarded still as beyond the pale. I am providing the link in case you are interested. http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/using-rape-against-political-protesters/

]]> Comment on Relief Beads for Darfur by orange county escorts http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/relief-beads-for-darfur/#comment-227 orange county escorts Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:47:42 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/?p=3630#comment-227 Those look cool. I want one! Those look cool. I want one!

]]> Comment on Sudan’s Al-Bashir: USA, UK and France are the dirt beneath my shoes by Khalid Hammour http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/sudans-al-bashir-usa-uk-and-france-are-the-dirt-beneath-my-shoes/#comment-215 Khalid Hammour Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:02:03 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/?p=327#comment-215 Anshul and Cecilia , She wants you humantarian and caring angles to send ur blessed souls also to Gazza , if u hear abt it .. the mass destruction and genocide which all of u angles were watching drinking Coca and eating chips , to Guantanamu , to Iraq (4,000,000) killed by illegal invasion .. to Abu Ghareeb mascar .. to Afghanistan where death is all around there .. Please try to understand that we are not like you and also we dont like you . Anshul and Cecilia ,

She wants you humantarian and caring angles to send ur blessed souls also to Gazza , if u hear abt it .. the mass destruction and genocide which all of u angles were watching drinking Coca and eating chips , to Guantanamu , to Iraq (4,000,000) killed by illegal invasion .. to Abu Ghareeb mascar .. to Afghanistan where death is all around there ..

Please try to understand that we are not like you and also we dont like you .

]]> Comment on Stop Genocide Now – Live from Chad by OC for Darfur planning meeting | Tuesday, July 7th « Orange County for Darfur Blog http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/stop-genocide-now-live-from-chad/#comment-214 OC for Darfur planning meeting | Tuesday, July 7th « Orange County for Darfur Blog Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:56:10 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/?p=3481#comment-214 [...] - Gabriel, KTJ and Eric from Stop Genocide Now recently came back from the refugee camps in Chad [more]. Planning for an event featuring them. - Move the World campaign event in Orange County in August [...] [...] – Gabriel, KTJ and Eric from Stop Genocide Now recently came back from the refugee camps in Chad [more]. Planning for an event featuring them. – Move the World campaign event in Orange County in August [...]

]]> Comment on The government did not do anything ‘unlawful’ by ruben eberlein http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/the-government-did-not-do-anything-unlawful/#comment-211 ruben eberlein Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:39:38 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/?p=3475#comment-211 Derrida in Khartoum – Is the Disintegration of the Sudan Imminent? My latest contribution to Konkret (7/09) deals with the intensification of the many conflicts in Africa’s biggest country. Some analysts even go so far as to predict a Somalia scenario any time soon. The warrant of arrest of the ICC for President Omar al-Bashir was supposed to raise the pressure on the Islamists, but some observers doubt that this strategy in fact succeeded. Read some excerpts of that article here. http://rubeneberlein.wordpress.com Derrida in Khartoum – Is the Disintegration of the Sudan Imminent?

My latest contribution to Konkret (7/09) deals with the intensification of the many conflicts in Africa’s biggest country. Some analysts even go so far as to predict a Somalia scenario any time soon. The warrant of arrest of the ICC for President Omar al-Bashir was supposed to raise the pressure on the Islamists, but some observers doubt that this strategy in fact succeeded. Read some excerpts of that article here.

http://rubeneberlein.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Darfur – Only “Remnants of Genocide” by Deontologist http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/darfur-only-remnants-of-genocide/#comment-210 Deontologist Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:12:31 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/?p=3442#comment-210 Actually, calling the greatly reduced violence levels that characterize Darfur today "genocide" could be interpreted as an insult to the people who died during the mass violence of 2003 - 2004, when the Sudanese government did, in fact, launch a campaign of ruthless violence. Actually, calling the greatly reduced violence levels that characterize Darfur today “genocide” could be interpreted as an insult to the people who died during the mass violence of 2003 – 2004, when the Sudanese government did, in fact, launch a campaign of ruthless violence.

]]> Comment on Men Dressed as Women Attack Darfur Female Students by Anshul http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/men-dressed-as-women-attack-darfur-female-students/#comment-209 Anshul Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:28:51 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/?p=3418#comment-209 Wow indeed... Wow indeed…

]]> Comment on “The World’s New Threat: Conflict Fatigue” by Barbara http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-worlds-new-threat-conflict-fatigue/#comment-208 Barbara Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:29:59 +0000 http://ocfordarfur.wordpress.com/?p=3393#comment-208 While I am a very big fan of the Enough Project and applaud the writing of an article on "Conflict Fatigue," I can't help but think that the premise is a bit limited in perspective. Yes, we need to set our sights on the long-term and in an attention-deficit society, that is a tall order. Beyond a shift in perspective we need an education on the role of compassion fatigue in being at the root of conflict fatigue. It is not merely a cognitive process that is involved. In emotionally charged situations of life and death, we miss the mark by under-recognizing the toll it takes on any human being to stay engaged. To miss this profound aspect denies us the opportunity to stay well over the long term which I am equating to being able to stay energetically alive to and engaged with these incredibly challenging situations in desperate need of sustained attention. We need much more than a shift in perspective, we need a long term plan for maintaining our own well-being as we seek to expose and re-expose ourselves to the horrors of mass atrocities. We can not afford conflict fatigue. We need a broader perspective on what it stems from. While I am a very big fan of the Enough Project and applaud the writing of an article on “Conflict Fatigue,” I can’t help but think that the premise is a bit limited in perspective. Yes, we need to set our sights on the long-term and in an attention-deficit society, that is a tall order. Beyond a shift in perspective we need an education on the role of compassion fatigue in being at the root of conflict fatigue. It is not merely a cognitive process that is involved. In emotionally charged situations of life and death, we miss the mark by under-recognizing the toll it takes on any human being to stay engaged. To miss this profound aspect denies us the opportunity to stay well over the long term which I am equating to being able to stay energetically alive to and engaged with these incredibly challenging situations in desperate need of sustained attention. We need much more than a shift in perspective, we need a long term plan for maintaining our own well-being as we seek to expose and re-expose ourselves to the horrors of mass atrocities. We can not afford conflict fatigue. We need a broader perspective on what it stems from.

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