Sense and sensitivity

I read with interest the article regarding l-Istrina charity show and the sensationalism charge.

I have nothing against such grand fund-raising feats in aid of needy children requiring special medical care abroad, persons with a disability and their respective charity-driven organisations.

One must be proud of the generosity of the Maltese people. However, during the charity show I could not help conceal my frustration when those clips were transmitted with such pitiful portrayal of disabled children combined with the background movie soundtrack of the film Schindler's List. What does the Holocaust have to do with all this?

No wonder the chairman of the National Commission for People with Disability, Joe Camilleri, promptly came out with such an outburst the following Monday.

When such grand fund-raisers are to be organised, I urge the organisers not to be so pathetic in presenting such clips, by just targeting children so long as money is collected, at the cost of the disabled persons' dignity.