Little Amal’s epic walk

[eternumviti]

I think your inference is mistaken. The statement you quoted was saying 'we're not out to score political points'. You inferred this as 'we're not making a political statement'. I think that's an incorrect inference, which is what I've been trying to explain to you.

At a fundamental level, pretty much all art, certainly all good art, is political in some degree. This is distinct from being 'party political'. Amal is no different.

Yes, and I acknowledged that right at the beginning in my response to Tony, 2nd post in the thread.

 

[eternumviti]

Incidentally, I think that what this does most of all is to make a human statement. Bizarrely, considering that it is the only thing in this which isn't actually human, it appeals most of all to our humanity.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

EV, we're clearly at cross purposes. Let's leave it.

 

[richardg]

It's humanitarian, I don't see any politics at all.

 

[droodzilla]

In a time when immigrants are scapegoated and demonised, expressing basic human solidarity is a political act.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

In a time when immigrants are scapegoated and demonised, expressing basic human solidarity is a political act.

And doing something to encourage or enable people to express basic human solidarity is definitely a political act.