Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 18, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Steve > > I'm puzzled, ambiguity? In any case it is from Cite Soleil, in Port > au Prince, Haiti. It is a location seeped in death and despair. > It's been 20 years since I've been there but nothing changes. > Bloated children with rust-colored hair are the rule rather than > the exception. Open ditches, filled with raw sewage, flow right > through the area. It is not unusual for small children to fall in > and drown in these ditches. I made two trips there in the late > 80's and still can't put it out of my mind. Can you imagine? We've > spent billions destroying Iraq, countless innocent lives have been > lost and the place must reek of horror. Meanwhile, Haiti, a short > hop from our coast, continues to wallow in filth, starvation, > murder and neglect. Were I not an atheist I'd think we'd have to > burn in hell for letting Haiti exist as it does. funny Walt... by chance, I just had lunch with a trauma surgeon who worked in Haiti... who totally echoed your own experience.... from medical POV, he saw some amazing things too....Steve > > Now, aren't you sorry you asked? :'( > > Steve Barbour wrote: >>> On May 17, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: >>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Walt+Johnson/baby_eye.jpg.html >> >> >> a disconcerting image...ambiguous I think... >> >> where? circumstances please Walt? >> >> thanks, Steve >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information