Re: a kinder, gentler hacktivist...

[Belinda Johnston <b.johnston@english.unimelb.edu.au>]

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Also in agreement with Brad on the cynicism of the hungersite.  I visited
it once and discovered that my donation had been made by a multinational
pharmaceutical company.  I find it kinda disgusting that these corporations
only make these donations in exchange for some advertising.  Or, in the
words of the site's FAQ: "Our sponsors pay for the donations as a form of
advertising and public relations. For some, it is simply good advertising.
For others, it is analogous to funding shows on public television or making
corporate donations to other worthy causes. It allows them to get their
name in front of  people, to be associated with a good cause, and to
generate good will towards their company."

Surely we know "world hunger" is caused not by a shortage of food but
rather by an inequitable division of resources that is a direct result of
multinational capitalism?  I don't see how this site, one that panders to a
belief that we've done a good thing for the world by simply clicking on a
web page and allowing some company to think that it's done a good thing by
offering the price of half a cup of rice (on the condition that it gets
some free advertising), can be considered an example of  "activism."  B.


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>this is a most beautiful example of electronic activism.
>http://www.thehungersite.com/index.html
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