To rephrase: Acting on the spirit of the poem, and other similar philosophy, without taking heed of certain caveats I elaborated upon, is political foolishness,

To rephrase: Acting on the spirit of the poem, and other similar philosophy, without taking heed of certain caveats I elaborated upon, is political foolishness, and perhaps the primary reason enlightened liberals have a lot of trouble getting things done in the world. > Why is it stupid to help raise awareness... Take a look at the only place I used the word "stupid". Hint: it has nothing to do with the EFF. I'm attempting to inject some balance, and some political reality, into what I think is head-in-the-clouds liberalism. I don't know that the EFF is doing anything that hurts people right now; this was but one press release on their website. But anyone, like the poster who started this subthread, who tries to make Mexico's issues the world's issues, has to contend with allocation of limited organization resources (opportunity costs). If organizations in the rest of the world put resources into interfering in Mexico's primarily internal policies, and get nothing out of it, when they could have been fighting policies that more directly affect those organizations' members, is that not harm?