tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post3960896519238283866..comments2024-03-28T14:01:51.325+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: HaitiYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-806310909007563102010-01-17T11:28:27.719+00:002010-01-17T11:28:27.719+00:00I agree, Sam, it's depressing but true, that t...I agree, Sam, it's depressing but true, that the countries most in need of help are often those we cannot help.<br />Let's hope that, within the tragedy of Haiti, something can be done.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73899813428296584722010-01-16T21:50:58.389+00:002010-01-16T21:50:58.389+00:00Horrifying photo. One's heart goes out to the...Horrifying photo. One's heart goes out to the people of Haiti.<br /><br />The photo reminds me, strangely, of some Vietnam War photos....rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-49971608235032473982010-01-15T14:34:09.973+00:002010-01-15T14:34:09.973+00:00This is a disaster, and it does put things in pers...This is a disaster, and it does put things in perspective. And the people of Haiti need our help.<br /><br />To Brian - your student must understand that corruption has been a way of life in Haiti and elsewhere, which has made it difficult (if not impossible) to lend assistance with any certainty that it would go to those in need.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659124789489902584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-32553910438450251612010-01-15T00:27:59.499+00:002010-01-15T00:27:59.499+00:00One of my adult students (I'm an English teach...One of my adult students (I'm an English teacher in Catalonia) is a Red Cross volunteer and is on standby to be sent out there ... talking in class, I asked him what he thought of all the pledges of money from the likes of Gordon Brown and Obama, and he said, fine, but they SHOULD HAVE GIVEN the money/aid to help develop the country long before this happened - if they weren't living in such poverty and precarious "buildings" the amount of deaths would have been dramatically reduced. He's right, but I somehow don't think anything's gonna change. <br />As you say, all we mere power-less mortals can do is give and hope.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.com