On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 20:19, Dennis Kibbe wrote: > On Wednesday 16 October 2002 09:48 am, you wrote: > > As a long time member of Amnesty International, > > I've been concerned about Human Rights abuses. > > As a long time computer geek, I'm interested in > > information technology. I'm delighted to discover > > there is an organization that combines these > > issues. Others might be interested in this, so > > here is: > > > > http://privaterra.cpsr.org/ > > Somewhat related was an article months ago on SlashDot about an organization > that sends geeks to third world countries to work with and help train their > IT people. > > Also, Youssou N'Dour, the great Senegalese super star (he's coming to SCA in > May:-)) had a hit in the early 90's with "Toxiques" (lyrics - > http://www.lyricsmania.com/y/youssoundour/023.html), a song about third world > governments being bribed to accept toxic waste from rich countries. This is > detailed in the report "Exporting Harm, the Hig-Tech Trashing of Asia" at > www.ban.org . > ---- He sang with Peter Gabriel a few tours ago... Craig