Popular Post scottsdad Posted March 10 Popular Post Share Posted March 10 In Jamaica pies cost £4.76, in the Cuba pies cost £3.89, and in Haiti pies cost £3.23. These are the pie rates of the Caribbean. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 What about bovril? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Just now, Derry Alli said: What about bovril? Haiti and Bovril? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 4 minutes ago, Derry Alli said: What about bovril? If they air drop in supplies, maybe the rioting will stop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 4 minutes ago, scottsdad said: If they air drop in supplies, maybe the rioting will stop. I'm only joking. They're more into their high tea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzyStar Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Something that has been glaringly omitted in the media’s coverage of this has been the complete failure of the aid agencies, especially the UN. I don’t doubt the “gangs” are committing horrific crimes, but it is no surprise that the populace of Haiti has no desire to let the president remain in power or to allow the organisations such as the UN back in after the crimes that were committed against them by these so called aid workers and peacekeepers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 1 hour ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: I miss read the title and thought it would be about Carry On actors. "Jakes on a Plane" thread for this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Baby Doc Duvalier would have nipped it in the bud long before now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 The Pope is on the case so presumably the omnipotent god in which he believes is sorting it all out right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, Silverton End said: Baby Doc Duvalier would have nipped it in the bud long before now. Pity we can't just send Burton & Taylor in again to sort things out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 4 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: The Pope is on the case so presumably the omnipotent god in which he believes is sorting it all out right now. Given his recent take on Ukraine, shouldn't he be telling the Haitian government to raise the white flag? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 You Haiti see it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 (edited) While the gangs are anarchic and committing extreme violence, they are also political. Political parties use them as muscle or to get the vote out, and in the vacuum caused by the assassination and the paralysis of the political process they've become their own entities. There are also what get called vigilante gangs, who form to protect their neighbourhoods. Last year a movement formed to combat the gangs and several hundred gang members were killed, often burned alive. One of the faciliites attacked by the gangs is the central prison and a number of people associated with the assassination of the last elected President were freed, although the Colombians who carried out the shooting are apparently still there. Edited March 11 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Love it or Haiti it. Stories of a cannibal gang doing the rounds. Grim stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurph Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 13 hours ago, D Angelo Barksdale said: Stories of a cannibal gang doing the rounds. Grim stuff. It was pets he liked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Sad to say that the only state where slaves revolted and threw out their colonial rulers isn't proving a great example for fan ownership of football clubs. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuboMoravcik Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: Sad to say that the only state where slaves revolted and threw out their colonial rulers isn't proving a great example for fan ownership of football clubs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 6 hours ago, welshbairn said: Sad to say that the only state where slaves revolted and threw out their colonial rulers isn't proving a great example for fan ownership of football clubs. Haiti would be in better shape if not for the horrendous treatment by other countries, especially France and the USA, France allowed the revolt as long as they still got their money. Haiti was forced to pay a staggering amount to France. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/05/1042518732/-the-greatest-heist-in-history-how-haiti-was-forced-to-pay-reparations-for-freed Also, Haiti was boycotted by other countries that still had slavery. In the USA, slaves accounted for 57% of the population in South Carolina and Mississippi was similar. The last thing they wanted was for Haiti to be a success. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 An agreement has been reached for the acting President/PM to step down, transitional council to take control and set a timeframe for elections. Whether any of it makes a difference remains to be seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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