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02-01-2010, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
Some of the kids are saying that they aren't even orphans.
It's so, so creepy.
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Yes, it is.
A Haitian police officer interviewed one girl (who was like 8 or so) and she told him that she was uneasy about going because she is not an orphan but her mom is missing. She also says she was going to "a new home with a swimming pool, a big new school, and a new life." So she went of course.
I'm leaning more toward the "good church folk just trying to get some kids" but I think they were a little overzealous and going about it in the wrong (and illegal) way.
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02-01-2010, 12:00 PM
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Yes, it is.
A Haitian police officer interviewed one girl (who was like 8 or so) and she told him that she was uneasy about going because she is not an orphan but her mom is missing. She also says she was going to "a new home with a swimming pool, a big new school, and a new life." So she went of course.
I'm leaning more toward the "good church folk just trying to get some kids" but I think they were a little overzealous and going about it in the wrong (and illegal) way.
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And put the word good in quotes.
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02-01-2010, 12:19 PM
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I'm leaning more toward the "good church folk just trying to get some kids" but I think they were a little overzealous and going about it in the wrong (and illegal) way.
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I just feel like it smacks of the sense of entitlement some Americans have in foreign countries. Add the racial and religious component, and it makes me really really uneasy (not that I'm saying that their actions were deliberate based on race and religion, it just adds another level of squickiness to it).
Anyone with common sense knows that they can't just roll up to another country, no matter what condition the place is in, and take some kids. What made these people so special that the rules didn't apply to them?
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02-01-2010, 12:24 PM
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02-01-2010, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
I just feel like it smacks of the sense of entitlement some Americans have in foreign countries. Add the racial and religious component, and it makes me really really uneasy (not that I'm saying that their actions were deliberate based on race and religion, it just adds another level of squickiness to it).
Anyone with common sense knows that they can't just roll up to another country, no matter what condition the place is in, and take some kids. What made these people so special that the rules didn't apply to them?
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Say it again.
There was NOTHING good, Godly, noble, or whatever the hell else that those stupid ass people tried to do. Slapping "church" in front of something doesn't instantly make it good.
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02-01-2010, 12:56 PM
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Anyone with common sense knows that they can't just roll up to another country, no matter what condition the place is in, and take some kids. What made these people so special that the rules didn't apply to them?
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Um, because they're American, DUH. The rules never apply to us when abroad esp. when Jesus tells us to do something. Didn't you get the memo?
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02-01-2010, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
I just feel like it smacks of the sense of entitlement some Americans have in foreign countries. Add the racial and religious component, and it makes me really really uneasy (not that I'm saying that their actions were deliberate based on race and religion, it just adds another level of squickiness to it).
Anyone with common sense knows that they can't just roll up to another country, no matter what condition the place is in, and take some kids. What made these people so special that the rules didn't apply to them?
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"You can't do this to me!! I am an AMERICAN!!"
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02-01-2010, 01:44 PM
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"You can't do this to me!! I am an AMERICAN!!"
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I've heard that before. LOL
That sense of entitlement reminds me of the '90s when this Nigerian man in the North was profiled and beaten by police. This dumbass said "I was like...how could they do this to me?! I'm not 'Black'...I'm Nigerian!!!"
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02-01-2010, 02:37 PM
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I've heard that before. LOL
That sense of entitlement reminds me of the '90s when this Nigerian man in the North was profiled and beaten by police. This dumbass said "I was like...how could they do this to me?! I'm not 'Black'...I'm Nigerian!!!"
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02-01-2010, 05:15 PM
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I've heard that before. LOL
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Says every kid on spring break/study abroad/whatever who gets thrown in jail in a foreign country for doing something dumb.
"But I'm an American!!!"
Yeah, that doesn't mean you're allowed to get drunk and punch people in the face at the bar in Mexico City with no consequences, broheim.
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