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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 02/05/2010 : 05:14:52
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..... will do these peckerheads some good.
Missionaries in Haiti ‘kidnap’ case
2010/02/05
TEN US Christians face possible child trafficking charges for trying to take a group of children out of quake-hit Haiti, where the death toll has swelled to more than 200000.
Yesterday, the case against the missionaries cast a shadow over the international relief effort in Haiti, where many survivors are still desperate for food and water, triggering angry protests on the rubble- strewn streets.
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said the 7.0-magnitude quake had killed more than 200000 people in “a disaster on a planetary scale”. He said 300000 people had been treated for injuries, 250000 homes had been destroyed and 30000 businesses lost in the January 12 quake. The sheer scale of the disaster is reflected on the ground where a million people are homeless and struggling for aid that is slow in getting to survivors living on the streets or in camps.
With tensions running high in the ruined capital Port-au-Prince, some 300 people demonstrated outside the mayor’s office in the once upmarket suburb of Petionville, while 200 marched towards the US embassy crying out for food and aid.
Bellerive said the missionaries’ case was “a distraction” for Haitians who “are talking more now about 10 people than about one million people suffering on the streets”.
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If what I've read is accurate, many if not most these children had parants and relatives about, some of whom gave their child away.
Now if this were a legitimate effort to succor the children and was put through proper channels, I could applaud it, but as it stands, the whole thing stinks. Which begs the question of: why? Why try to virtually sneak them out of the country?
I don't know, but I'm sure we'll find out soon.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 02/05/2010 : 06:41:51 [Permalink]
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| From what I heard on NPR they believe they where following the will of their God. But to what ends? Don't know. Guess we will find out later. |
You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -- Aldous Huxley |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2010 : 06:50:50 [Permalink]
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| Doing the Will of (a) God seems to be the Get Out of Jail Free Card lately... |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 02/05/2010 : 23:39:02 [Permalink]
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| "Following the will of their god" is a euphemism for "We'll do whatever we like and try the religious excuse if we get caught". |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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Maybe a little time in a Haitian can......
