Mia Farrow's hunger strike

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Is there already a thread about this?

Her cause may be worthy, but I can't help but think this is not necessarily the answer to such conflict!

I agree, starving herself is going to solve what exactly? No doubt she may find a few
of the Hollywood celebs participating in the 'Mia diet' any excuse not eat

The woman is bonkers, clearly.

I was paticularly upset with 'Save The Children' being expelled by the Sudanese goverment, but some western woman starving herself is hardly going to make them sit up and take notice.

How will we know the difference?

i spose her heart is in the right place.

Especially a scrawny western woman.

I think the point is tha she has bought the issue into the media spotlight.

I don't think she will be expecting the Sudanese Government to suddenly change it's ways to protect the much-loved Mia Farrow!

Think more people will be negative about Mia Farrow reading this and either not think about Darfur or think about it as a second thought.

why is she waiting until next week? I bet she's doing a supersize me first

She's hoping the world will be so impressed by the magnificance of her sacrafice that they will rush to the rescue of Darfur before she has to give up so much as a sip of her skinny late.

i admire her. it is v. easy to sit her making scathing comments but how many of us actually are willing to die for a cause?

um, i dont think she's actually willing to die for the cause, is she?

WHat is the point of 'dying for a cause'?

Unless you are actively saving sombody else's life or really making a concrete difference in some way, with the dying as a by-product, it's an impotent, exhibitionist and ultimately selfish act.

Similarly when people excuse sloppy parenting by saying "I would die for my children"

they don't NEED you to die for them, they need you to live for them

oh, unless of course she's planning to have her daily ration of water biscuits/crushed pearls/organic yak spit parcelled up and couriered to the refugee camps

she is raising the profile of the cause and tbh at her age yes she could seriously damage her health and die if she starves for 3 weeks.

it might be barmy but slightly more effective than boycotting nestle or whatever middleclass mode of feelgood activism mumsnetters normal participate in

I think it is a much less meaningful and practical gesture than boycotting Nestle.

That depends on whether effective means raising the profile of a war with those interested in celebrities (along with her own profile, of course) or whether it means actually making a difference to the situation itself.

I can't pretend to think the Nestle boycott is something particularly useful and I don't participate in it, but surely that has the potential to change the point of view of people who CAN make a difference?