Connected to my last post:
Well, it seems there may be more to Oxfam's Haiti relief as Sky News implies that the 'prostitutes-in-the-villa' episodes
weren't the only sordidness going on.
Here on Rogue Nation, some of us are looking at the idea that a global child-abuse network is operating under the
radar of the public and through various means, sometimes breaks the surface.
But one of the sad facets of living in a world where we perceive those around us as we perceive ourselves, is that the
lens we look through is distorted via the internet and mainstream medias. Criminals are bad people...low-life felons,
who probably look and dress a certain way.
Many think cruelty is obvious to an observer and intent is judged on privilage. It's not. An organised structure that caters
for a certain market is a business and businesses use people from all walks of life.
If you manufacture tin cans, does this make you partly guilty for what's put in those containers? Whether it is processed
-peas or Zyklon B, the motive is the key -not the aspired goal.
If Oxfam is a charity that seeks to help the stricken around the world who deal with disaster and poverty, then all-well-and
-good. They may employ 'good' people and they may inadvertently employ bad.
Humans make mistakes at times and can be tempted from a virtuous path for a multitude of reasons.
But if a business is merely a cover for something more deceptively abominable, then discovering if it's an isolated
act or part of a bigger situation becomes paramount when appreciating what the 'product' or service is that they may
be providing.
These claims in the light of the current political situation regarding immigration and recent discoveries of human-trafficking,
could be just an isolated case where members of the charity have abused their positions. But when the logistics are even just
lightly perused... like why a villa is provided for the alleged prostitution parties and what were the circumstances regarding any
payments made to those women... one must think that any management to monitor such behavior would be fleeting
-to say the least.
It could be naivety on the part of the charity and as commented on below, considering the amount of funding from the
British Government, I'd have thought some sort of diligence would have been the norm when using tax-payers money.
Unless... this is the tip of the iceberg and a larger view should be taken. If Oxfam -aware of it or not, are part of a global
web that takes advantage of the vulnerable in our societies and uses them for heinous reasons for others, then who would
be those 'others'?
A market demands product and customers, and such a socially-unthinkable commodity would demand a high price from
those who wish to engage in the darker practices. Why is it that Governments around the world haven't worked harder to
burn this type of crime out...? especially when it effects aid-companies that rely on public funding?
Considering the emotive blow-back of this issue and the 'ticks in the good column' it would receive from the voters/public, one would
suggest any annual investigation into possible misconduct within tax-payer funded aid-businesses would be a good thing.
But that's if you only want to look and only if you're willing to deal with what you may find.
Or you know what's already there.
Well, it seems there may be more to Oxfam's Haiti relief as Sky News implies that the 'prostitutes-in-the-villa' episodes
weren't the only sordidness going on.
Here on Rogue Nation, some of us are looking at the idea that a global child-abuse network is operating under the
radar of the public and through various means, sometimes breaks the surface.
But one of the sad facets of living in a world where we perceive those around us as we perceive ourselves, is that the
lens we look through is distorted via the internet and mainstream medias. Criminals are bad people...low-life felons,
who probably look and dress a certain way.
Many think cruelty is obvious to an observer and intent is judged on privilage. It's not. An organised structure that caters
for a certain market is a business and businesses use people from all walks of life.
If you manufacture tin cans, does this make you partly guilty for what's put in those containers? Whether it is processed
-peas or Zyklon B, the motive is the key -not the aspired goal.
If Oxfam is a charity that seeks to help the stricken around the world who deal with disaster and poverty, then all-well-and
-good. They may employ 'good' people and they may inadvertently employ bad.
Humans make mistakes at times and can be tempted from a virtuous path for a multitude of reasons.
But if a business is merely a cover for something more deceptively abominable, then discovering if it's an isolated
act or part of a bigger situation becomes paramount when appreciating what the 'product' or service is that they may
be providing.
Quote:Oxfam sex scandal 'tip of iceberg' as bosses hauled in to see ministers.
'...Mark Goldring, the charity's chief executive, will be among Oxfam officials to meet with International Development
Secretary Penny Mordaunt. The Charity Commission will also speak to Oxfam on Monday, with the watchdog having
accused the charity of having not divulged "full details" of allegations in a 2011 report.
Last week, The Times reported senior aid workers used prostitutes in Haiti amid an international relief effort following
the Caribbean nation's devastating 2010 earthquake.
An internal investigation by the charity into sexual exploitation, the downloading of pornography, bullying and intimidation
is claimed to have found children may have been exploited by employees...'
These claims in the light of the current political situation regarding immigration and recent discoveries of human-trafficking,
could be just an isolated case where members of the charity have abused their positions. But when the logistics are even just
lightly perused... like why a villa is provided for the alleged prostitution parties and what were the circumstances regarding any
payments made to those women... one must think that any management to monitor such behavior would be fleeting
-to say the least.
It could be naivety on the part of the charity and as commented on below, considering the amount of funding from the
British Government, I'd have thought some sort of diligence would have been the norm when using tax-payers money.
Unless... this is the tip of the iceberg and a larger view should be taken. If Oxfam -aware of it or not, are part of a global
web that takes advantage of the vulnerable in our societies and uses them for heinous reasons for others, then who would
be those 'others'?
A market demands product and customers, and such a socially-unthinkable commodity would demand a high price from
those who wish to engage in the darker practices. Why is it that Governments around the world haven't worked harder to
burn this type of crime out...? especially when it effects aid-companies that rely on public funding?
Quote:'...The scandal has sparked wider concerns about the aid sector, with former international development secretary Priti PatelSOURCE:
having claimed there is a "culture of denial" in the aid sector about exploitation and sexual abuse over decades.
The Tory MP, who resigned from Government last year, claimed that when she raised the issue of sexual abuse within her
department it was "dismissed".
Warning the Oxfam scandal is "only the tip of the iceberg", Ms Patel wrote in the Daily Telegraph on Monday: "When Secretary
of State for International Development, it was my mission to ensure that every taxpayer pound was spent to serve those in need,
and met UK development objectives.
"That meant accountability not just on aid effectiveness, but also the sexual abuse, not just of adults, but also the rape of children.
"I would like to say that I was supported and presented with facts from the department laying out the long history that UK governments,
Labour and Conservative, had in tackling this global problem. Sadly, I can't."..'
Considering the emotive blow-back of this issue and the 'ticks in the good column' it would receive from the voters/public, one would
suggest any annual investigation into possible misconduct within tax-payer funded aid-businesses would be a good thing.
But that's if you only want to look and only if you're willing to deal with what you may find.
Or you know what's already there.
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