30129: Bick (reply) RE: 30126: Karshan re: Aristide and Corbett list (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

from: paulbick@msn.com

I absolutely agree, Ms Karshan!

Not only does this...Aristide-as-secret-lurker notion way overstate the 
indispensibility of Corbet-discourse as THE source for 'what's happening in 
Haiti,'  but its an old habit of the Relief and Repair class to mis-judge its 
finger-on-the-pulse closeness to the center of the action - not just in Haiti 
but everywhere.  We think we're pretty hip.  But, when you think about it..what 
difference could it possibly make to Aristide what the various off-shore 
academics, NGO-types, ex-pats (both ways), odd-balls, missionaries, random 
Haiti-philes and other English language do-gooders think about him?  Or Haitian 
politics?  Or anything else for that matter??   Anything "important" that turns 
up on the Corbet list must surely be old news to Aristide... Although, I have, 
on occasion wondered if "M. Pierre" was secretly Aristide (Are you?).

Also, the whole discussion has the unfortunate side-effect of constructing 
Aristide as a kind of all seeing Svenghali - grinning sliently in the shadows 
as we mince about in our unsuspecting messianic innocence.  Crazy!  Um...but if 
you're out there reading this, Titid, let me just say that I hope you used some 
of this down-time and some of that suitcase stuffed with cash to get the 
goggle-eye fixed ... it was buggin' the shit out of me!

I too, love the list, by the way

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Paul Bick
Department of Anthropology
The University of Illinois at Chicago
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Chicago, IL 60607

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