18422: McCalla: RE: 18413: Anonymous: See who are supporting Aristide for that Democracy (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Jocelyn McCalla <makala99@yahoo.com>

Given that this information has been posted on the site of the Aristide
Foundation for some time and is seriously outdated, certainly not through
any fault of the people listed as serving on the board of advisors, I
suggest that more attention be paid to the relevance of this information at
this time when rumors are wild, blame is easily affixed here and there by
partisans of one or another faction.

The aristide foundation for democracy has been conspiscuously absent from
the democracy debate. It may have been a good idea at its inception, but
like many initiatives sponsored by Mr. Aristide which faded away once the
initial goals were met (i.e. demonstrate the breadth of support enjoyed by
Mr. Aristide at the time), it faded into the background... Many of the
people on the advisory board would not be caught dead standing beside Mr.
Aristide, starting with Congressman Barnes... But in the age of the
internet, once posted no information ever dies... it just fades away, until
google fetches it from its archives. Let's have real debates about haiti's
political development and its future, not sniping...

-JM