There are good policy arguments that an office of genocide prevention is too specialized to do much good. But to compare the suggestion that the United States take on a genuine effort to prevent and stop genocides responsible for the loss of literally millions of innocent lives, the complete destabilization of entire regions containing minerals and other resources critical to our industries, and the spread of deadly diseases to ESPERANTO is just plain offensive. I suggest editing your comparison.
Interesting post. But I wonder why you call nonprofits amateurs. Is it just because they don’t have a formal government-blessed forum for learnings? I’ve always been impressed by the professionalism with with nonprofit leaders have organized and shared learnings through organizations as large as the Foundation Centers onto smaller, more specific groups like the Nonprofit Technology Network. Sure, nonprofit professionals have a lot to do to advance our sector, but we’re far from amateurs.
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BY Heather
ON December 18, 2008 02:01 PM
There are good policy arguments that an office of genocide prevention is too specialized to do much good. But to compare the suggestion that the United States take on a genuine effort to prevent and stop genocides responsible for the loss of literally millions of innocent lives, the complete destabilization of entire regions containing minerals and other resources critical to our industries, and the spread of deadly diseases to ESPERANTO is just plain offensive. I suggest editing your comparison.
BY Lauren Janus
ON January 7, 2009 08:11 AM
Interesting post. But I wonder why you call nonprofits amateurs. Is it just because they don’t have a formal government-blessed forum for learnings? I’ve always been impressed by the professionalism with with nonprofit leaders have organized and shared learnings through organizations as large as the Foundation Centers onto smaller, more specific groups like the Nonprofit Technology Network. Sure, nonprofit professionals have a lot to do to advance our sector, but we’re far from amateurs.