Comments on: Amnesty protest http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:31:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147&cpage=1#comment-16094 Administrator Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:59:24 +0000 http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147#comment-16094 Nicks pictures taken by the Mound make the point well. The pictures on the Amnesty Flickr page are impressive too and there is a very powerful video where Kate Allen, the director, speaks from inside a Guantanamo cage. I am always impressed by the passion organisations like Amnesty, Oxfam, and Greenpeace can give to their cause – makes politicians look very dull in comparison. Is that the luxury of single issue campaigns? Nicks pictures taken by the Mound make the point well. The pictures on the Amnesty Flickr page are impressive too and there is a very powerful video where Kate Allen, the director, speaks from inside a Guantanamo cage. I am always impressed by the passion organisations like Amnesty, Oxfam, and Greenpeace can give to their cause – makes politicians look very dull in comparison. Is that the luxury of single issue campaigns?

]]> By: Jean Richards http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147&cpage=1#comment-16047 Jean Richards Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:56:26 +0000 http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147#comment-16047 It's hard to believe that Guantanamo still exists and that the world has not expressed more outrage. From the long picture with Nick's piece one gets a sense of the atmosphere of the protest and how significant the orange boiler suits were. I'm pleased that you are still getting out and about since your big birthday and not spending all the day tea-drinking and drumming. Well done to you for making a stand (kneel) and to the young Eric Clapton for accompanying you. It’s hard to believe that Guantanamo still exists and that the world has not expressed more outrage.
From the long picture with Nick’s piece one gets a sense of the atmosphere of the protest and how significant the orange boiler suits were.
I’m pleased that you are still getting out and about since your big birthday and not spending all the day tea-drinking and drumming.
Well done to you for making a stand (kneel) and to the young Eric Clapton for accompanying you.

]]> By: Administrator http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147&cpage=1#comment-15986 Administrator Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:05:41 +0000 http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147#comment-15986 Think positive! Think positive!

]]> By: Nick Gardner http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147&cpage=1#comment-15978 Nick Gardner Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:55:10 +0000 http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147#comment-15978 Don't worry about not making it this year. You can get it in your diaires early for 2009. Don’t worry about not making it this year. You can get it in your diaires early for 2009.

]]> By: John http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147&cpage=1#comment-15947 John Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:47:01 +0000 http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147#comment-15947 Exactly, that's the rule of law we're supposed to be upholding and demonstrating to the rest of the world, pity about the plan to bang people up without charge for 42 days. Exactly, that’s the rule of law we’re supposed to be upholding and demonstrating to the rest of the world, pity about the plan to bang people up without charge for 42 days.

]]> By: Administrator http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147&cpage=1#comment-15946 Administrator Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:43:03 +0000 http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147#comment-15946 I agree. There is something powerful about seeing numbers of people taking to the street for something they believe in. I was also impressed by how efficiently the police guided us through the crowds on Princes Street. They were keeping their eye on a couple of loud mouths who had tagged on to the demo but I also felt that they were there to protect the demonstrators from random abuse. I agree. There is something powerful about seeing numbers of people taking to the street for something they believe in. I was also impressed by how efficiently the police guided us through the crowds on Princes Street. They were keeping their eye on a couple of loud mouths who had tagged on to the demo but I also felt that they were there to protect the demonstrators from random abuse.

]]> By: Dougal http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147&cpage=1#comment-15938 Dougal Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:21:37 +0000 http://www.fayyoung.org/?p=147#comment-15938 Very striking. The boiler suits and the comment, that is. I wasn't able to attend but I would like to have lent my support. Awareness-raising is important and taking to the streets in the orange boiler suits is a good way of attracting attention. Films like Rendition and the Channel 4 recreation of Guantanamo Bay a couple of years ago are great but nothing beats seeing the protest happen right in front of you. Well done. I hope it has some affect. Very striking. The boiler suits and the comment, that is. I wasn’t able to attend but I would like to have lent my support. Awareness-raising is important and taking to the streets in the orange boiler suits is a good way of attracting attention. Films like Rendition and the Channel 4 recreation of Guantanamo Bay a couple of years ago are great but nothing beats seeing the protest happen right in front of you.

Well done. I hope it has some affect.

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