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7569: Re: 7547: About the Constitution and free speech (fwd)
From: ALxConde@aol.com
Hi Daniel, I enjoyed your reply. In any case, let us be clear that I was not
referring to the Haitian constitution in my post. I was commenting on a
parallel that a list member had drawn between the plight of Al Gore during
the disputed US presidential elections and the situation in Haiti. I wanted
to remind the author, it was J. Macalla I believe, of some stipulations in
that document that weakened the appropriateness of his choice of metaphor.
Besides, to his credit, Al gore was never financed by foreign powers through
either IRI or any other organization of that kind. It's is a rather important
distinction.
I have not questioned the courage of the concerned either. On the other
hand, It is rather odd that those who had refrained from participating in the
election because of lack of safety, a rather thin veil that hardly hide their
lack of popularity, find it possible or desirable to establish a parallel
government. We now hear that it was a " government symbolic". This new detail
is only a couple of days old.
Granted that their lack of popularity hardly justifies that move as a
viable political move, it is up to the individual to try to discern their
motive. Was it an act of courage for the sake of courage? If it was, it
provides fresh material for the next generation of dramaturgists in the
tradition of Corneille. Was it an act of provocation? If so, we will not have
to wait for another generation before we all reap its fruit. Many, including
Mr. Gourgue, are already speaking about the necessity to reintroduce the army
whose tradition of repression against the masses cannot be argued. Help me
find the symbolism there.
Alix Conde