Quote: Originally posted by Guest on December-15-2003

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I am going to Haiti whatever the circumstances. "We need to see where we are going rather than look to where we've been." It is neither Aristide's nor the mulattes' fault. The blame lies with individual Haitians. I long ago started with the man in the mirror; I have changed my ways. I endeavor always to be honest, principled, ethical as a result I am generous; it is a family trait, as I once read in a Haitian historical novel. The rest I attribute to my belief that peace is in our hands: Respect all life; Reject violence; Share with others; Listen to understand; Preserve the planet; Rediscover solidarity.

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Guest the same warnings were issued last year about the same time. I went to Haiti and back without insident as did many others.

Now If Haiti could gather some more like yourself.

Amber;  what is going on..I have answered your private message bu it could not be delivered. Apparently your box is full and cannot accept any more messages.  You need to delete the old ones.

kreyolbro@aol.com

amber, I was out, but I see that you did replace and that is great job, but we have only one probleme we need to talk to Haitixchange about the guest who can not put his ID and plus has a bad language, I beleive that is not fair at all, to someone take her  or his time to send an email and someone else talk and F this is not good at all, to tell true, I don't really like this one

                heleze

Guest, meet HeleZe...

HeleZe, meet Guest.

Guest, hang around for a while, you'll get to know her and love her.

Haitians seem to be always chasing their tails.   removing Aristide is just like giving a band aid to someone with a nonhealing ulcer. 

What's to say that once Aristide is removed the cycle wont repeat itself with the next president.  People in haiti should focus on addresing issues like getting laws in place so that "flawed elections" are better organized.  Laws are put into place that keeps governing party candidates from being anywhere involved in the political process.  "empeachment" (spelling) laws should be adressed just incase a situation like this arise again so that there is a process by which a president or vice president could be taken out office.  Laws should written to address concerns that a party may be affiliated with an armed wing and what the consequnces should be to any party (or individual candidate) that has such an affiliation.

POINT:  So much energy is spent at changing presidents (band aids) 200 years worth, not enought is spent at adressing the structure and backbone of the haitian society.  So many good points have been raised as things that needs to be fixed, but ultimately the arguments always end up being about changing the "president".

TO THOSE POLITICAL GROUPS:  it should be a lot easier to get some laws in place that will allow for history not to repeat itself, than it would be to keep changing presidents, but it requires a little bit more patience.

addendum to above

.  Laws are put into place that keeps governing party candidates from being anywhere involved in the electoral process (counting votes). 

Well said guest! We refuse to sit down to prepare real plan for real solution. We can't continue to take the streets demandind a president departure, option zero as they like to say in Haiti. As all human beeing Pr. Aristide has his strenght and wickness, no one is perfect. We need to learn to go thgrou the legal channel, practice democratic process, organize go to election. Should we be on the streets every year asking a president to resign? Aristide must make changes, adjustments and finish his mandate. There is no way around this. Let's give democracy a chance to flourish in Haiti. Its all about principles we have political problems in Haiti but we realize that as we are getting closer to our bicentennial violence escalate, vicious attacks and all forms of problems arise to avoid the commemoration of our 200 years anniverssary. There is no excuse not to commemorate Haitians will by all mean necessary commemorate for they now know who is financing the opposition, who is behind the uprisings. Look its our bicentennial stupid.

Daniel Ulysse