tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31283257.post116266088393575480..comments2024-03-21T17:15:35.252+01:00Comments on Michael Deibert, Writer: Amusing hypocrisy while Haiti continues to simmerMichael Deiberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04810256309168860637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31283257.post-1163428673617754002006-11-13T15:37:00.000+01:002006-11-13T15:37:00.000+01:00Wim,Radio Kiskeya is Haitian media (broadcast from...Wim,<BR/><BR/>Radio Kiskeya is Haitian media (broadcast from Port-au-Prince), not French, and is often broadcast in Kreyol, though the website is written in French to allow for easier international comprehension. You shouldn't allow yourself, Wim, to be distracted and misled by the statements cause de jour, wealthy white liberals who can speak neither language and who are rather transparently the authors of the links you send.<BR/><BR/>If you would like to find out more about the violent roots of the previous Operation Baghdad and today's Opération Pa Ka Tan, I recommend that you read the January 2005 interview with Lavalas leader Wench Luc on Radio Metropole (also a Haitian radio station broadcast from Port-au-Prince) during which Luc recounts how, at a 25 September 2004 meeting at Jean-Bertrand Aristide's former home of Tabarre, Lavalas members such as Leslie Fareau, Leslie Gustave, Jean Marie Samedi and Dismy César planned the violence and upheaval that was to follow.<BR/><BR/>The story can be read here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.metropolehaiti.com/metropole/full_une_fr.phtml?id=9546<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that we should not let a violent minority, whether they be Lavalas partisans or rogue police, scuttle development and opportunity for the poor majority.<BR/><BR/>On a side note, this post is over a week old. If you could jump into the conversation before this little blog has moved on to other matters, it would be appreciated!<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>MDMichael Deiberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810256309168860637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31283257.post-1163411924989521662006-11-13T10:58:00.000+01:002006-11-13T10:58:00.000+01:00Dear Michael,Are you sure it is correct to connect...Dear Michael,<BR/><BR/>Are you sure it is correct to connect Opération Pa Ka Tan-n with threats of violence?<BR/>According to other sources Hilaire Prophète stated 31 July that OPK's methods are non-violent (see www.workersliberty.org/node/6692 and http://lists.ysu.edu/pipermail/working-class-studies/2006-August/001523.html).<BR/>I sometimes have the impression that most French media are biased aganst the OP/Lavalas movement and too easily resort to slander, e.g. by indiscriminately connecting everyone with violence.<BR/>If you know about organizations (on any side of any conflict) who do not resort to respecitively try to limit violence and promote non-violent means of conflict resolution, I think they are most deserving of our support. Not in the last place by clearly distinguishing them from less constructive agents.<BR/><BR/>With friendly greetings,<BR/><BR/>WimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com