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< August 2 2008 at 5:20 PM >
Zarien Krab Spider says...

I respect your opinion.

It is true there's a brain drain in Haiti.

Our young people cannot wait to get out. There is no hope for some! But some people including many, many parents from the mass see great opportunity accessible only though hard work and education.

That is the reason why many of them, with or without support from a family abroad, send their kids to local university or abroad to study.

Some of them come back some don't! When they come back and start to have a decent life, they call them "elite", and made them responsible for their neighbor's misfortune! These neighbors, who spent their time under a peristyle, give their hard earned money to hougans, spent their time playing dominoes even when they have the chance to go to schools! As much as I agree with you on most part of this post, I object to what you said about the elite, as if this minute, wealthy and educated group of people is responsible for all wrongs! This is complete foolishness! This is the language the politician use to get the mass behind them. Our people play a major role in the destruction of our country! We reinforce their belief that people with money or the elite are responsible for their misery.

You guys never mentioned what the 'elite' have done for Haiti.

We have elected few people from the lower class and look what they have done for the past twenty years: Haiti becomes poorer, more violent, and of course more much dirtier! People are no longer learn " CIVIC and Hygiene", people are no longer singing "for the flag, for the country" this hymn becomes obsolete for most of them; it is substituted by " For Me, Myself and I".

Please! I am tired of the blame game. It is time to teach people to be personally responsible for their future, no matter what happens, regardless of who is in power, only you can do dome thing for yourself.

It is time to encourage personal development and growth if we want to reclaim Haiti; there is much more to do than to blame one segment of the population.

The topic is: ELECTRICITE EN HAITI
This is a reply to Msg 10208
Posted by Zarien Krab Spider on August 2 2008 at 5:20 PM



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I would somewhat agree with the "Civic Duty" part, but hygiene! what does lack of hygiene have to do with a country moving forward? Compare to Americans, I think Haitians win all gold metals in the personal hygiene competition. Is personal hygi > >
Tiba, 1-Aug-08 6:25 pm
Linda, I am one of those Haitians who lived in Haiti in the 1970's. But what I remember most about that time (granted I was a child) is that all everyone ever dreamed of was the day they could leave Haiti to go live abroad. Over the years, that dre > >
Pierre, 1-Aug-08 9:13 pm
Pierre I agree with you 250%, and could not have said it any better especially with my sloppy english, I could not have. Shapo ba! Nontheless, I have a small tiny weeny question for you, how do you see us going back to do what you have suggeste > >
Tiba, 2-Aug-08 8:50 am
I respect your opinion. It is true there’s a brain drain in Haiti. Our young people cannot wait to get out. There is no hope for some! But some people including many, many parents from the mass see great opportunity accessible only though hard... > >
Zarien Krab Spider, 2-Aug-08 5:20 pm
zarien You are now getting caught in the political correctness propaganda too. You made some valid points about personal responsibility, and I am all for that as well. I am however confused for I don't really know what people or country are you re > >
Tiba, 2-Aug-08 6:28 pm
Tiba, I greatly appreciate your comment. I if I had to dissect your post you will give me reason. Brother, I am not detached or unaware of the situation at home. I still have brothers, sisters, nephews, cousins, and friends there. I am very happy > >
Zarien Krab, 3-Aug-08 2:25 am
Zarien Like you, I have children in Haiti with college education, I have sisters, lots of nephews and niecess, and friends there in Haiti too. I try my best to make at least one trip to Haiti every year. I have created, in 1995, a big humanitarian > >
Tiba, 3-Aug-08 8:55 am
My garcon de cours ou gerant lacou was fortunate to come to the United States thanks to my mother who had plenty of connections. After my garcon de cours ou gerant lacou spent 10 years in New York, he became rich and he actually bought my mother a br > >
Ti Rouge, 3-Aug-08 10:42 am
Tiba, everything you said here is true id only we superficially look at them! a deeper look into our problems wil help us refrain from making generalization. Not everyone in Haiti, can make it despite their education, not everyone can learn a trade a > >
Zarien Krab Spider, 3-Aug-08 3:00 pm
Hi Pierre, I think most of what you said is correct. Your comments are actually an extension of my position. I simply had not gone on to discuss the points you added to the discussion. However, let me remind you the truth about our history. We should > >
Linda, 4-Aug-08 8:55 pm
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