16.06.2014 03:59, Griffin Boyce: > Sebastian G. <bastik.tor> wrote: > >> Money is money; independent from the source. > > Money (especially donations to non-profits) are perceived to have > politics attached to it. After Hurricane Katrina, there was a bit of an > uproar after Kuwait offered to donate $400m in oil and $100m in actual > money. My (limited) understanding is that Country X can use good deeds > like those to try to rehabilitate their image, or use it to insinuate a > political tie between themselves and the US. With some countries, these > sanctions go away after a while, but with others it's a difficult > situation long-term. Imagine if, to choose a totally random example, > North Korea decided to give a billion dollars to anti-poverty charities > while its people go hungry. Or if Lukashenko gave a few million to > lobby for journalistic protections in the US while having an awful > record domestically.[2] > > ~Griffin >
I didn't consider that. Morally questionable sources do have to be considered. It also has to be considered what the agenda is/was. Regards, Sebastian G. -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
