Positively medieval.
On a side note, the weapons I see most in terms of firearms are shotguns. I’m guessing thats what most of the cops carried there. Guy with an AK, a 55-gallon drum of water, some gas, and a pallet of freezedrieds could be the new president down there.
I was in Haiti once courtesy of the U.S. Gubermint. Everyone is talking about the men with machetes and the thief striped naked and beaten to death in the street. But that’s not happening because of the earthquake, that kind of stuff is a standard daily occurance in Haiti. Street justice is the standard there for all common criminals. The police and the prisons are reserved for political prisoners and criminals who do anything to the rich.
The guy who is accused of stealing a cow is tied to a tree and hacked to death with machetes; the guy accused of stealing an MRE is chased and beaten by the crowd until he is either faster than everyone, or left bloody in the street; an accused child molester is beaten and left in the street for dead with an engine block laying on top of his chest; a power plant operator that can’t keep the power plant running is stoned and beaten; that is the standard street justice in Haiti.
But street justice might be better than the Haitian Criminal Justice. The standard prison cell is a hole in the ground with 10-20 people thrown in with no food, water, or facilities. The prisoners families have to come every day to give them food, water, and take away any waste. They’ll be in these holes for years waiting for trial and may die before they go before a rigged court system. If you’re “lucky” enough to be in an above ground prison, you’ll be in a room with maybe a hundred prisoners. And there’s no guards in the holes or in the prison rooms, so you better be rich or tough if you don’t want to be someone’s b*tch.
Haiti, where it’s been “the end of the world” for 200 years.
Haiti has been a troubled area for a long time. I got to know a missionary that was in Haiti for many years. It was a very dangerous place before the earthquake. There are many that think that its problems have been because of voodoo activity. Actually, the people that brought voodoo to New Orleans came from Haiti. Katrina devastated New Orleans, now the quake devestated Haiti. Could there be a message in this?
I believe that the shaking has begun.
Pat Robertson said they were being punished for a pact with the devil. He knows what he is talking about, the guy is on God’s speed dial.
Somehow the idea of an invisible man who lives in the sky punishing people for making a deal with an invisible man who lives in the ground seems a little unlikely.
Commander Zero should annex Haiti, straighten it out and be proclaimed King Zero. The rest of us will swear allegiance, be made Ambassors (with full diplo immunity) and Colonels in the Haitian Royal Guard (so we can get good deals on military weapons).
We’ll build earthquake- and hurricane-resistant monolithic domes and live happily ever after in our island paradise. The economy will be fixed with beach resorts and casinos….sort of like Cuba in the 50s.
Keep us posted on your progress, CZ; we eagerly anticipate your coronation.
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
I’ve got enough on my plate as it is.
A survivalists’ blog hardly seems the venue for one person to throw stones at another for their preparation for something some judge to be “unlikely.”
Well, actually, it is. The whole point of having one’s own blog or message board is being able to speak one’s mind without worrying about getting booted or banned because someone doesn’t like what’s being said. I can think of at least one board and one blog off the top of my head where professing a disbelief (or wondering why their idea of a theocracy is good while the other guy’s version is bad) will get your posts deleted or your account/membership banned.
If you go through the comments to some posts around here you’ll see people making references to their religion every once in a while. They’ll also point out how their imaginary friend is better than the other guy’s imaginary friend, etc. Broadly, I dont delete those comments or edit out their content because if thats what someone wants to believe in, more power to ‘em as long as it doesn’t interfere with my life. (Its a far more tolerant policy than on some other blogs and boards.) But, to be fair, they can comment about their ‘close personal relationship’ with Jesus, Buddha, Yahweh, Crom or the Flying Spaghetti Monster as much as they want as long as its on-topic. And, in fairness, I (or anyone else) can comment that they think its ‘unlikely’.
To answer your comment, we all throw stones at people who are preparing for something that is unlikely. We’ve all seen posts where people talk about preparing for ‘the zombie apocalypse’ but we all know pretty well that the zombies ain’t coming, right? To me, and I’m the first to admit its a personal opinion and that others may not agree, the notion that I need to stock up because an invisible man who lives in the sky is going to destroy the world (or make it very unbearable) is right up there with zombie apocalypse, invasion from space, and Skynet sending Terminators after us. Folks are free to believe otherwise, thats up to them, I just think its silly.
My purpose here is just blogging about the things I do in the name of preparedness, commentary on related topics, a few links here and there, and sometimes a little political ranting. If someone wants to bring up religion, politics, sex or any other topic that could be construed as ‘sensitive’ or ‘controversial’ thats fine, if it’s somewhat on-topic, but it’s a two-way street…folks can disagree or disparage it just as freely as they can agree with or support it.
“A survivalists’ blog hardly seems the venue for one person to throw stones at another for their preparation for something some judge to be ‘unlikely.’”
Huh. I can prove that disasters happen. Katrina. Haiti. Weimar Republic. Pandemic of 1918.
Can you prove that gods happen? I mean really, one might as well believe in the tooth fairy.
Pardon me if I don’t fall for the tired “tooth fairy” baiting. Your belief or lack thereof is really not my concern. So you’ll understand if I don’t feel the need to prove anything to you.
In any case, the comments section of a survivalists’ blog is certainly not the place to engage in THAT debate.
Good luck to you in the long haul, just the same.
In an attempt to trump your disasters… How about Janet Reno, Feinstein, Pelosi, Clinton (the male one), and perhaps Obama?
All I am saying is that disasters are more likely than some mythical god.
Hint: Monotheism was not invented until around 1350 BC in Egypt, during the reign of Pharoah Akhenaten. Before that, it was polytheism.
Here’s a new wrinkle for you guys. Seems researchers have come to the very uncomfortable conclusion that humans are “hardwired” for religion. In other words, a belief system, that doesn’t require provable facts. And by hardwired, I think they mean that if you don’t consciously have or pick one, your subconscious will. Which might explain the true believers of Glo-bull Wormening, and other eco-wacko types.
I suspect it may support more than one belief system.
Uncomfortable because of the questions of: how, why, or… who?