bloglodyte

A paleolithic blog from a man out of time and place.

2004-09-28

Death in Haiti

The two thousand Haitians killed by flash floods are clearly to be blamed for their own deaths. What were they thinking, stripping hillsides of trees and roots for charcoal? Why weren't they using solar ovens, or some other sustainable technology? And why'd the damn fools cut down all the trees in first place? Then we give them aid, and they don't have the sense to stand in line or sit quietly! We've always come to their rescue in the end, haven't we?

Yeah, blame the poor who had freedom, thank god, but no choice. The US and France have visited centuries of terror upon the people of Haiti. But what's on the news? Floridians with mildewed carpet.