21605: Kathleen: tom reeve's post

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Kathleen <kathleenmb@adelphia.net>

Having met tom reeves on several occasions, I am shocked that his post
contained the allegation that Chavannes Jean-baptiste "threw a big party
for
the rebels" seemingly on the sole word of one "disaffected" peasant.
Surely,
in a country where people, especially leaders, are killed for less, solid
proof
of this alleged party needs to be sought and found before blithely
publishing
it and like innuendo (post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy: "chavannes left
after
aristide appointed preval to be next president" therefore intimating that
he
left BECAUSE of this event.  Everyone who knows Chavannes and his brothers
knows he does not want to be president and live in Port-au-Prince instead
of
continuing his 30+ years as head of MPP working for the rights of peasants
in
the area of his and their birth.
Please.  Kathleen Burke