> Kurt Maxwell Weber wrote: >>> On Wednesday 24 December 2008 18:43, Phil Nash wrote: >>>> Geoffrey Plourde wrote: >>>>>> Well where will it stop? If we have a project, we should have a >>>>>> memorial project for all disasters. I echo Mr. Bimmler in his >>>>>> concerns about the motives behind this proposal. >>>> >>>> I'm in some agreement here because my experience of UK charity law >>>> is that it is not generally permitted to have a "political" >>>> purpose, and certainly taking such a strong line on any >>>> "repression", "genocide" etc, would appear to be anathema to a >>>> charitable objective. It's OK, I suppose, if the United Nations has >>>> used such terminology, but I don't think we should be seen to be >>>> taking partisan sides in political disputes, because that dilutes >>>> the educational charitable status of the Foundation. It's entirely >>>> a different issue to support humanitarian aid to the victims, >>>> however, and I am open to the idea that such memorial projects >>>> might have that idea as a focus. However, the way it's been put >>>> forward seems to militate against that construction. >>>> >>> >>> I fail to see how simply presenting a list of peoples' names and >>> telling their stories constitutes "taking partisan sides in >>> political disputes." It's educating people about the impact of >>> these events, plain and simple. -- >>> Kurt Weber >>> http://blog.kurtweber.us >>> <[email protected]> > > That would be fine, up to a point. On the other hand, putting all that > under > a POV title within the WMF umbrealls is quite a different issue, and not > one, I think, which would be palatable to the WMF, for reasons I've > already > outlined. Kurt, as you now should realise, politics at any level is a > subtle > and complex business, and my personal opinion is that you should stick to > marching bands.
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