Talk:Operation Day's Work

Non-English references

I am unable to verify many of the claims of this article because the references are non-English. Has someone else looked at (and understood) these references? Pdcook (talk) 16:06, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am from Denmark and they look like pages from either recognized organizations or newspapers, when we are talking about the pages from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. I think that they cover the article very well.
However, I cannot answer for the links to pages in the Netherlands and Italy Covergaard (talk) 16:54, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Forced labor or voluntary

I am not quite satisfied with the removal of forced labor in the text. I can provide a link to discussion on the message board of the television station DR where several students testify that they have to do forced labor regardless of the order by the Minister of Education [1]. Not only is cruel to impose the students for this torment but it is also against the law according to the link to the Department of Education in Denmark provided in the article. OscarPetterson (talk) 11:33, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Forced labor in the English-speaking world is nearly synonymous with slavery or work at prison camps. Are you asserting that this program goes to that level? I read the English-language reference here and it certainly seems like a voluntary operation.

Is it a charity at all?

I will like to discuss whether the categories are right. When the committee in Denmark was created it was clear for everybody that they did choose projects in countries where peaceful government had been overthrown by communists rebels. Our prime minister wrote about this fact in a peace about how the world had changed sine the fall of the Berlin wall.
Jeg er 89'er - med frihed, by Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Jyllands-Posten, November 7, 2009
The main point of criticism is that the projects was in direct violation of the Truman Doctrine because they allowed the rebels to destroy civilian property trusting that the property will be rebuilt by funds collected by the high school students participating in this event. I also want to refer to an essay written by a student at an University in Denmark (Operation Day's work - Undanish and waste of time, by Karl Johanson, student, Aarhus) OscarPetterson (talk) 11:33, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Again, the available English references make this organization seem like a charity. You can certainly put it in Category:Organizations instead.