Ot: Alan Johnson

[roballanson]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6518185.stm

Dear All,

I know we do not normally get bogged down in politics and religion on this forum but this is something different.
As a journalist this is something I feel strongly about as it could happen to any reporter working in difficult circumstances.
I would appreciate if you just took the time to visit the BBC site (above) and sign up.
The kidnapping of a journalist doing his job is not acceptable no matter what the cause.
Thanks for your time.

Rob

 

[Aussie Mark]

Unfortunately journos are not the only occupations who get caught up in these unfortunate situations. Foreign oil workers in Nigeria are regularly shot up or kidnapped for ransom, and being a foreign school teacher in southern Thailand is rather risky as well, just to mention a couple off the top of my head. I'm not convinced that an online petition is going to prevent this stuff from happening.

 

[roballanson]

Unfortunately journos are not the only occupations who get caught up in these unfortunate situations. Foreign oil workers in Nigeria are regularly shot up or kidnapped for ransom, and being a foreign school teacher in southern Thailand is rather risky as well, just to mention a couple off the top of my head. I'm not convinced that an online petition is going to prevent this stuff from happening.

I know that well....my best friend works for the UN - having finished a 6 year stint in East Timor is now off to Nepal and Tibet, and my uncle was a resident in Zimbabwe.
It might not prevent it but a little support is not going hurt.