Tuesday July 29th 2008, 10:12 pm
With the release of Batman, a billionaire crime fighter, I wonder why billionaires don’t do more to promote justice in the world. Imagine if International Crisis Group, for instance, had a privately funded peace corp that could intervene to stop crimes against humanity.
60 Minutes also had a very powerful segment on Darfur (click here).
August 5th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Private armies would take us back to a world of warlords and feudal relationships. No thanks.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Batman would end tyrannical, genocidal warlords. Feudal relationships is different than humanitarian aid. If the alternative is that hundreds of thousands of people are not able to defend themselves from gruesome, genocidal slaughter, where men are decapitated by machetes, teenage girls are gang raped, and entire villages are burned to the ground, then I would say: No Thanks.