Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] Hospital picture
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat May 19 19:17:10 2007
References: <8c8849060705071014q2347e36bs3a3ad1e4bf2594d6@mail.gmail.com> <7BFC5550-6B3C-401C-AD61-19B719CEE329@mac.com> <464D0F68.4000201@waltjohnson.com> <281E6EAA-C683-4879-977C-7CD8B648512E@mac.com> <EE066A37-C062-4A1C-B2C0-C961C8391006@cox.net> <464DC61F.70802@waltjohnson.com>

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
>>
>>
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