Dear Mr. WITUS,
Please allow me to react as follows to your letter to the editor, entitles 'Big mistake', in The Daily Herald of Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
In this letter, you found it necesseary to attack me personally, instead of dealing with the real issues affecting and keeping you people down.
No problem Mr. WITUS, because that has been the standard response of many of your fellow-men anyhow to any honest and analytical comments on the subject.
Attack the 'messenger', and continue to live in denial of the 'message'.
So, feel free to continue blaming me as 'messenger' of the 'true message' about Haiti and its real problems.Please allow me to react as follows to your letter to the editor, entitles 'Big mistake', in The Daily Herald of Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
In this letter, you found it necesseary to attack me personally, instead of dealing with the real issues affecting and keeping you people down.
No problem Mr. WITUS, because that has been the standard response of many of your fellow-men anyhow to any honest and analytical comments on the subject.
Attack the 'messenger', and continue to live in denial of the 'message'.
But then again.
Here are some quotes, not from me as 'messenger' this time, but from one of your own Haitian compatriots - a Mr. Serge Michel DORVAL in Port-au-Prince (See attachment, 'Deportees from US struggle in quake-hit Haiti', in the TODAY news paper of Wednesday, March 2, 2011, page 20)
Just a few quotes;
'I wouldn't wish Haiti on my worst enemy.....'
'......but a human life has absolutely zero value in Haiti'.
Again, Mr. Pierre Joseph WITUS, 'proud' Haitian, that is not Leopold James saying that - no, one of your own Haitian country-men - Mr. Serge Michel DORVAL.
One would think that if Haitians say this about Haiti, and if Haitians get the opportunity in someone else's country, where they can enjoy social welfare, drive the most expensive SUV's, have cellular etc. - there would be some sort of respect and gratitude towards the people of that country.
What we see instead, is hostility and disrespect towards people trying to protect their own people in their own land.
This attitude is a great 'mystery' to many, including myself.
So, Mr. WITUS, are you now going to attack this, your own country-man the same way the attacked, Mr. Leopold JAMES for standing up for his own St. Martin people ?
Anyhow, you might not want to hear it, but I will say it nevertheless.
You are your own main and worst problem.
Attacking others for trying to preserve themselves in their own country - will not solve your problems and your eternal poverty.
Facing down your own problems and accepting full responsibility will.
You can do it.
Haitians are a very proud, powerful, intelligent, creative and resilient people and the only ones who can really take the most crucial, first step towards resolving their problems - others van only help you to get there !
Once you have the courage to accept first responsibility and stop blaming others, we would be more than willing to assist you, because it is time your horrible suffering ends.
Do not see our comments as hateful, but as intended to genuinely help you, to help yourself - first.
The best way to really be proud of your country, is not for the comfort elsewhere, but by suffering in Haiti along with your compatriots to rebuild your country to the enormous potential Haiti undeniably has.
Love you,
Leopold JAMES
