Whenever I read about a campaign to stop someone from being deported, I am almost always sympathetic and supportive. But I also can't help but think about the people who are no less deserving of support, but don't have a community with the means/wherewithal to launch such a campaign behind them. Yes, people should work hard to stop Gus from being deported. But if the campaign stops once Gus' situation is resolved the campaign will be a minor victory at best. Gus' situation is a symptom of a disease. It is the disease itself which must be cured
That's very true and I couldn't agree more but all causes need figureheads and knowing Gus as I do I'm sure that once he's got through this situation with help from the community he'll be right back in there to help the other people in similar situations that aren't able to raise a similar level of support.
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Whenever I read about a campaign to stop someone from being deported, I am almost always sympathetic and supportive. But I also can't help but think about the people who are no less deserving of support, but don't have a community with the means/wherewithal to launch such a campaign behind them. Yes, people should work hard to stop Gus from being deported. But if the campaign stops once Gus' situation is resolved the campaign will be a minor victory at best. Gus' situation is a symptom of a disease. It is the disease itself which must be cured
Very true, but just because you can't help everyone doesn't mean you shouldn't help someone.
Indeed, this sounds like a case to present to an ombudsman...
Someone like this: http://www.ombudsmanden.dk/english_en/
That's very true and I couldn't agree more but all causes need figureheads and knowing Gus as I do I'm sure that once he's got through this situation with help from the community he'll be right back in there to help the other people in similar situations that aren't able to raise a similar level of support.