27294: Philippe (reply) Re: 27287: Durban (comment): Civil Society Turns Uncivil (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: "Philippe [utf-8] ClÃriÃ" <philippe@gcal.net>

On Thursday, 19 January 2006 10:48, you wrote:
> Lance Durban <lpdurban@yahoo.com> writes:
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> Vocally blasting U.N. peacekeepers is perfectly in keeping with
> the Haitian tradition of blaming someone else for your own
> shortcomings.

Amen! Sadly true!

> It would be far better to develop an attitude of
> gratitude,

I would not want to go that far, but I appreciate the sentiment. The
failure is ours and we should not, ever, blame foreigners.

> and then do some productive strategizing on how the

Right! It should have been an opportunity to _take a deep breath_,
draw (finally!?) some lessons from the past, and constructively
move ahead. Instead, it's been business as usual.

I don't get it!

Philippe