Comments for Bryan Lupton http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton Survivor Corps in Uganda Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Thank you and Goodnight by Marina http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/08/06/thank-you-and-goodnight/#comment-39 Marina Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:51:27 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/?p=140#comment-39 Thank YOU Bryan, I truly enjoyed reading your blogs this summer and loved all of the profiles. Good luck next year, stay safe. Thank YOU Bryan, I truly enjoyed reading your blogs this summer and loved all of the profiles. Good luck next year, stay safe.

]]> Comment on Partner Website by iain http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/07/14/partner-website/#comment-26 iain Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:07:33 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/?p=118#comment-26 This is quite a milestone! Congratulations to you all. Hope to see some of your excellent profiles and pix on the site soon.. This is quite a milestone! Congratulations to you all. Hope to see some of your excellent profiles and pix on the site soon..

]]> Comment on The Auditors by iain http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/07/11/the-auditors/#comment-18 iain Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:15:02 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/07/11/the-auditors/#comment-18 Accessibility is about more than ramps.... That's the message that I take away from this blog. And by hammering this home, and really defining best practice, this audit team is doing an essential job. What a splendid intervention. Accessibility is about more than ramps…. That’s the message that I take away from this blog. And by hammering this home, and really defining best practice, this audit team is doing an essential job. What a splendid intervention.

]]> Comment on The Disconnect by iain http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/07/06/the-disconnect/#comment-17 iain Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:12:07 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/07/06/the-disconnect/#comment-17 Strong stuff and very well written. Of course, the best way to make sure that people outside Uganda "get it" is to write about it. As you're doing. Strong stuff and very well written. Of course, the best way to make sure that people outside Uganda “get it” is to write about it. As you’re doing.

]]> Comment on Fighting the Power at the Gulu District Committee Meetings by iain http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/06/24/fighting-the-power-at-the-gulu-district-committee-meetings/#comment-16 iain Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:08:49 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/06/24/fighting-the-power-at-the-gulu-district-committee-meetings/#comment-16 Good lobbying, but as you say the trick is in following up and keeping at it. At least the local government seems to be on the right side. Not always the case! Good lobbying, but as you say the trick is in following up and keeping at it. At least the local government seems to be on the right side. Not always the case!

]]> Comment on THE GDPU AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO by iain http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/06/24/the-gdpu-and-the-work-that-they-do-2/#comment-15 iain Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:06:32 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/06/24/the-gdpu-and-the-work-that-they-do-2/#comment-15 Strong people. A lesson for all of us. We have a lot to be thankful for. Strong people. A lesson for all of us. We have a lot to be thankful for.

]]> Comment on We Five Mechanics: Or, The Rules of Electricity Conductivity Don’t Apply in Africa by iain http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/06/12/we-five-mechanics-or-the-rules-of-electricity-conductivity-dont-apply-in-africa/#comment-14 iain Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:03:25 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/?p=31#comment-14 If they can do stuff like this, the sky's the limit... If they can do stuff like this, the sky’s the limit…

]]> Comment on Emma Ocitti: Best Damn Pool Man in All the Land by iain http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/06/08/emma-ocitti-best-damn-pool-man-in-all-the-land/#comment-13 iain Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:01:58 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/?p=27#comment-13 That Cheetah is one scary dude. Great blog! That Cheetah is one scary dude. Great blog!

]]> Comment on The Disconnect by Laura S http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/07/06/the-disconnect/#comment-10 Laura S Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:24:32 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/07/06/the-disconnect/#comment-10 Bryan, I agree with Marina. I am really enjoying the tone of your blog. You approach each entry with a great deal of honesty and insight. Your entries are straightforward and direct and, at the same time, emotive and thoughtful. Thanks for posting. Bryan, I agree with Marina. I am really enjoying the tone of your blog. You approach each entry with a great deal of honesty and insight. Your entries are straightforward and direct and, at the same time, emotive and thoughtful. Thanks for posting.

]]> Comment on The Disconnect by Marina http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/07/06/the-disconnect/#comment-9 Marina Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:53:31 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/blupton/blog/2009/07/06/the-disconnect/#comment-9 Bryan, I love this blog. It is almost as if by retelling these stories in same the matter-of-fact way that you heard them you are yourself starting to normalize these tragic tales. I think you're right, that when these things have also happened to everyone around you, they somehow seem less tragic over time. 20 years is a long time. I remember when I lived in Lebanon and I couldn't believe how quickly people would just go back to normal after a car bomb or assassination. They had also lived through an extremely prolonged civil war and had essentially seen it all. These events just didn't carry the same weight that they might have 40 years ago. Sorry for the prolonged reply, but the tone of this blog really struck me. I find it very interesting to observe you grappling with how to respond to these events. While I enjoy the lighter posts, these are important too. Bryan, I love this blog. It is almost as if by retelling these stories in same the matter-of-fact way that you heard them you are yourself starting to normalize these tragic tales. I think you’re right, that when these things have also happened to everyone around you, they somehow seem less tragic over time. 20 years is a long time. I remember when I lived in Lebanon and I couldn’t believe how quickly people would just go back to normal after a car bomb or assassination. They had also lived through an extremely prolonged civil war and had essentially seen it all. These events just didn’t carry the same weight that they might have 40 years ago.

Sorry for the prolonged reply, but the tone of this blog really struck me. I find it very interesting to observe you grappling with how to respond to these events. While I enjoy the lighter posts, these are important too.

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