Does Port-au-Prince have a subway system? It seems doubtful – perhaps the new leader, Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier, has it on his to-do list. After revamping the local contemporary art museum and finishing the city’s opera house, that is. Then again, maybe it is too far down the list of priorities. After all, one’s enemies don’t eat themselves: Haiti, apparently, has been taken over by cannibal warlords. Yet given the low ebb of the country in general, this may turn out to be a turn for the better. Cannibal rulers, one would assume, have an interest making sure their populace is nice and juicy and plump.
Dear Edward, what a great up-beat article. Indeed, the self-congratulating elite and supporting well-funded NGOs have done a rather splendid job of not killing the Golden Goose but, instead, torturing it, a bit of bestiality, more torture followed by a very slow painful death. Remember - at all times, do please vote Uni-party. You know is makes no sense.
Very interesting post Frederick. Your interpretation of government as gang is useful but aren’t gangs part of our lives from an early age? I was in a couple of gangs at school and although they didn’t feel benign at the time because they always involved some bullying, coercion and violence, they weren’t life threatening. I probably would be frightened all the time if still at school. Aren’t we supposed to mature and reject such gang behaviour? Yet bullying in society is frowned upon these days isn’t it? The more I join the dots, the more disgusted I am by the behaviour and ethos of societies
Dear Edward, what a great up-beat article. Indeed, the self-congratulating elite and supporting well-funded NGOs have done a rather splendid job of not killing the Golden Goose but, instead, torturing it, a bit of bestiality, more torture followed by a very slow painful death. Remember - at all times, do please vote Uni-party. You know is makes no sense.
Very interesting post Frederick. Your interpretation of government as gang is useful but aren’t gangs part of our lives from an early age? I was in a couple of gangs at school and although they didn’t feel benign at the time because they always involved some bullying, coercion and violence, they weren’t life threatening. I probably would be frightened all the time if still at school. Aren’t we supposed to mature and reject such gang behaviour? Yet bullying in society is frowned upon these days isn’t it? The more I join the dots, the more disgusted I am by the behaviour and ethos of societies