Larry, I am pleasantly surprised at the fact that you seem to

Relating to Is Haiti's Current Government Ready, Larry, I am pleasantly surprised at the fact that you seem to actually understand the concept of "do no harm." It is rare to encounter anyone who actually understands the true meaning in that very old saying--that includes people like doctors for whom the expression is supposed to be core. It seems to me that most people who claim to want to help Haiti fail greatly because they forget that what causes harm is relative to individual culture and history.

I will pay closer attention to your post from now on.

The topic is: Is Haiti's Current Government Ready?
This is a reply to Msg 12950
Posted by Linda on February 3 2009 at 3:00 AM

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Rubens Titus says...

Hi, Doc. Haiti's current Government may not be ready to modernize Haiti but they certainly can if the Haitian Government: 1. adopts GSPARE more »

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Linda says...

Dr. Pinchinat; I am not sure how much you know about the current state of the Haitian nation. It might be helpful to do some reading on the more »

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Larry Mulligan says...

I wonder why there would not be anything reliable written about Haiti's history for the past 20 years? Any more »

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Linda says...

Larry, there are a some good books out there about Haiti. Try reading Trouillot's Haiti: State Against Nation. An excellent source of more »

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Linda says...

Larry, one of Paul Farmer's earliest books is also very good. It's call The Uses of more »

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Larry Mulligan says...

Thanks, I will see if I can get it. Paul Farmer, M.D. has a clinic very near where our sister parish is located in Cerca la Source. We start more »

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Larry Mulligan says...

Have you seen "Haiti in the Balance: why foreign aid has failed & what you can do about it", by T. F. Burns & Adam Gardner? Is it worth more »

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Linda says...

Larry, I am pleasantly surprised at the fact that you seem to actually understand the concept of "do no harm." It is rare to encounter anyone more »

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Linda says...

No I haven't. I will be sure to get it in the next month (which is when I plan to start reading again). I'm sorry to say that because of a more »

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Linda says...

By the way, when I was in graduate school, I was suppose to meet with P. Farmer for a work related thing, but I had a weird car accident and more »

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