Eastern Oregon Bear said:
SFCityBear said:
movielover said:
Official sh-thole country?
No history of law abiding, business building, public and health education?
That also sounds like a description of the present state of some of America's big cities.
I'll mark you down as never having been to Haiti.
You can take your mark and put it where the sun don't shine. Should I take a biased statement like yours and ask you, "Have you ever been in Hunter's Point, or the Fillmore, or have you been to East Oakland? Have you been to South Side Chicago, or South Philly, or Harlem, or the Bronx? or Baltimore, or Cleveland, or St Louis, or New Orleans? Detroit? Have you been to Watts in LA? I have been to all of them, and they are far worse today than ever before. The Fillmore is better to white eyes today, because the wealthy white democrats have overseen so much inflation over 60 years that the black citizens had to move out. There are condos down there now. I lived in LA during the Watts riots, with buildings and cars on fire, and constant gunfire everywhere. A Peruvian friend called me, who was crying as she begged me to drive into the area to rescue her and her aunt from danger, and take them to a relative's house in another town. It would have been OK, except they did not tell me they had a little dog who loved to bark and chase gunfire. The dog busted loose and took off heading for the heart of Watts, and my friend and her aunt got hysterical, so I had to chase the dog and bring it back, and we got underway out of town. Sorry I digress.
No, I have never been to Haiti. Have you?
I've seen videos for years from Left and Right wing news sources, which distinguishes me from the average poster who watches one side of the news, exclusively.
But my personal knowledge of Haiti comes from the fact that one of my dear friends was the former US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. His sister was my girlfriend in high school, and still a close friend today. My friend the Ambassador made many visits to Haiti during his time in Santo Domingo, he described to me in great detail, the wretched conditions there, both physical, and the oppression under the regime in power at the time. His sister, along with her husband and 3 kids, once visited her brother in the Dominican Republic. They were particularly curious (and naive) and wanted to visit Haiti. Her brother tried to discourage them from going. Haiti has a long history of strongmen and oppressive regimes, awful poverty, sanitation problems, along with a lot of sickness, and revolts among the people. So his sister and her family snuck (is that a word?) out of the embassy one night, and crossed the border into Haiti. She later told me of her visit, and confirmed all I wrote here. I have another dear friend from the Dominican, who had visited Haiti a few times when she lived there. She too, confirmed all that I feel about Haiti. She now lives in the Bronx, and there is so much crime there, she will not go out after dark.
As I see it, the difference between Haiti and a typical major American city is that in Haiti, their underclass is suffering under much worse conditions, and a more oppressive elite. But American cities are moving in that direction, as living conditions deteriorate for the underclass, fear has begun to permeate the middle class, and the elite are becoming more oppressive. That is my point. In American cities, you can walk around many neighborhoods and never see a crime, or evidence of one. There are no bars on windows or doors. In other neighborhoods, people live behind iron bars on every door and window. They never go out at night. And you can go in some neighborhoods and see windows smashed, cars abandoned, and all businesses shuttered by sunset. No, it is not Haiti, but give it another 50 years, if we keep going like we are, and we could easily become Haiti.
SFCityBear
