Would you prefer
A. Innovative new strategy against the weapons manufacturers:
These kids blow me away. SO MANY people working in SO MANY different ways.
They’ve created “Situation Rooms”.
To bring people who wear very different shoes together.
Link to audio, interview: Situation Rooms puts you in the shoes of those affected by the arms trade
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OR, would you rather B:
(Confession: Option A helps generate hope – – it’s another example of people who are tackling the problem head on. Option A sets you up for Option B which might require us to be a bit more than spectators?)
The article, Official correspondence reveals lack of scrutiny of MI5’s data collection motivated me to send info to Privacy International – – the ones who released the confidential Government communications. Article and Response are both at the link.
EXCERPT:
GCHQ is alleged to be illegally collecting “bulk personal datasets” from the phone and internet records of millions of people who have no ties to terrorism and are not suspected of any crime.
(GCHQ = The UK Government Communications Headquarters in the British intelligence and security – – MI5, MI6)
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RELATED, ON THE SURVEILLANCE SIDE: The surprising reason you should care about privacy, TED Talk, Greenwald)
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FALSE DILEMMA (FALSE DICHOTOMY)
AND of course, I used the manipulative tool of offering you a choice between A OR B. When there is no reason – – you are completely free to do BOTH Options A AND B.
The false dilemma fallacy can be by
- deliberate deception
- accidental omission of additional options
- can be the result of habitual, patterned, black-and-white and/or intensely political/politicized thinking in which a model of polar opposites is imposed almost automatically
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In case you missed it, you might be interested in the efforts to stop $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, 2016-04-16 Court Challenge to Saudi Arms contract by Constitutional lawyer Daniel Turp – – interview on The House.