hi random icrc thought of the day shes actually kind of terrible at public speaking. shes made for one on one talk not speeches. when she negotiates she pays really really close attention to the other persons body language and tone of voice and adjusts her arguments accordingly and if put in front of a crowd she Will try to do that to everybody in said crowd and she will a) fail b) become overwhelmed. she is absolutely incapable of improv she needs to be reading off a script
i would like to hear about your amnesty international…. the author of the book im reading abt the icrc keeps comparing the 2 of them
Ooo this characterisation actually makes so much sense! I can see ICRC having to really be careful with her mannerisms whenever she gets put into a conversation, I think she’s just very aware like that. Improvisation of speeches when she talk can be really risky lol.
I get the comparison I think, both are meant to be focused on human rights, though ICRC is more on actions, actually implementing themselves to the field, while Amnesty is more vocal, calling out the government through social medias, protesting the countries’ human rights violations, and sending letters they recieved from their volunteers and followers, just feel like they have some common goals but *very* different methods of executions
As for my Amnesty…he’s a little magical appearance-wise, he’s basically a living candle wax…his whole body is made of wax…even his hat…I think it’s pretty hilarious. He also has some barbed wires wrapped around his arms and legs, don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt that much, and it’s unclear why they’re there, did he put them on himself? Is it some sort of a curse?, idk man I’m rambling nonsense at this point so anyways
I made him British-Jewish, I just think there could be some sort of metaphors about some of his skeptics focusing on his ethnicity rather than his doings, or crazier thing, a whole conspiracy theory that further fuel the narrative of “the Jews are controlling the world”. Another simpler reason is that his founder was Jewish and I want to pay homage for that, too.
Personality-wise….not the best person to get close on a personal level. Although he has the image of the well respected and reputable human rights organisation, there has been allegations of the org’s workplace being quite toxic and racist, thus I’d say it’s best to keep him as your colleague rather than your friend, or else you might feel your human rights being threatened(lol)
He’s the closest with Human Rights Watch(HRW), a close friend a continent away since HRW lives in New York while Amnesty in London. HRW has certainly had put up with Amnesty’s true colours, being bullied and drove up the wall and all(did I mention HRW actually has traits of BPD? He can never truely trusts anyone and can hate somebody just because of a single bad thing they’ve done, he basically sees the world in black and white), but he keeps tolerating him because in the end they still have to work together a lot. Childhood best friends core or whatever you’ll call it.
Yeah that’s about my Amnesty lol, and look at this little work of the duo, aren’t they such a good team?
