Comments on: “The Agronomist” Is On IFC This Month http://whosemedia.com/drums/2007/04/17/jean-dominique-documentary/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:28:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Todd Steven Burroughs http://whosemedia.com/drums/2007/04/17/jean-dominique-documentary/#comment-537 Todd Steven Burroughs Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:32:44 +0000 http://whosemedia.com/drums/2007/04/17/jean-dominique-documentary/#comment-537 Thanks. Truth must continue to be told. Thanks. Truth must continue to be told.

]]> By: Michael Deibert http://whosemedia.com/drums/2007/04/17/jean-dominique-documentary/#comment-536 Michael Deibert Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:26:06 +0000 http://whosemedia.com/drums/2007/04/17/jean-dominique-documentary/#comment-536 Thanks for writing this, Todd. I think that one of the things that most bedevils my beloved Haiti is the tradition of impunity, of which the Jean Dominique case is only the most stark example. There are thousands of little-known souls who have suffered a similar fate. After the end of the military regime that ruled Haiti from 1991-1994, only a very few of those with blood on their hands were ever made to answer for their crimes. Likewise for the criminal excesses of the sanguinary second Aristide regime itself (2001-2004) and the interim government that came after him (2004-2006). As Dominique's widow, Michele Montas, once memorably said, all Haitians are asking for is a decent country, and that is what they deserve. Best regards from New York, Michael Deibert Thanks for writing this, Todd. I think that one of the things that most bedevils my beloved Haiti is the tradition of impunity, of which the Jean Dominique case is only the most stark example. There are thousands of little-known souls who have suffered a similar fate. After the end of the military regime that ruled Haiti from 1991-1994, only a very few of those with blood on their hands were ever made to answer for their crimes. Likewise for the criminal excesses of the sanguinary second Aristide regime itself (2001-2004) and the interim government that came after him (2004-2006). As Dominique’s widow, Michele Montas, once memorably said, all Haitians are asking for is a decent country, and that is what they deserve.

Best regards from New York,

Michael Deibert

]]> By: Todd Steven Burroughs http://whosemedia.com/drums/2007/04/17/jean-dominique-documentary/#comment-387 Todd Steven Burroughs Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:22:03 +0000 http://whosemedia.com/drums/2007/04/17/jean-dominique-documentary/#comment-387 You're welcome. "Reprinting" this column somewhere on the Web has become almost an annual ritual for me. :) I can't help it, though; his life is too powerful, so I take any opportunity I can to spread the Word. You’re welcome.

“Reprinting” this column somewhere on the Web has become almost an annual ritual for me. :) I can’t help it, though; his life is too powerful, so I take any opportunity I can to spread the Word.

]]> By: LM http://whosemedia.com/drums/2007/04/17/jean-dominique-documentary/#comment-386 LM Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:18:17 +0000 http://whosemedia.com/drums/2007/04/17/jean-dominique-documentary/#comment-386 Glad I stopped by... I'll check this out. Thanks for making me aware. Glad I stopped by… I’ll check this out. Thanks for making me aware.

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