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#4149: Dorce On Moral Superiority, Lavalas and the Duvalierists ...
From:LAKAT47@aol.com
In a message dated 06/08/2000 8:21:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Jepiem@aol.com
writes:
<< What are we embarking on here? Who is going to define what morality is for
a
politician? To grant the Lavalass party and its leader a pass for "Moral
Superiority" is like leading the pigs to the slaughter blindfolded, or
through a tunnel like they do for the cows. >>
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I am only speaking for myself, but I do not imbue Lavalas or Aristide with
superior qualities, moral or otherwise. What they STAND for is, to me,
vastly superior to any other candidate or party platform I have heard of in
Haiti. I look at what has been said and written and since Aristide and
Lavalas never got a decent chance to implement these changes, I haven't had a
reason to withhold my support. Nothing I have heard has proven to me that
Aristide is no longer interested in the welfare of his country and his
people. We are talking ideas and ideals. If I found out that Aristide was
in it for personal gain at the expense of the poor (like the elites and
politicians have always done), I would have no problem condemning him as I do
the others. Until then I stand for what Aristide stands for and that is why
I defend him. I do not mistake him for a god. But those who criticize him
for failing to transform Haiti in his first seven months of office, obviously
did. Again: Lavalas and Aristide, subject to the same scrutiny as anyone or
any party. The ideals espoused by same are morally superior to the status
quo or Duvalierism. If Aristide turns out to be sincere in his belief in
these ideals and dedicated to their implementation, then he will have proven
himself to be morally superior to the remainder. In my opinion.
Kathy Dorce