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Deibert (comment) Response to to Peter Kondrat regarding the Lancet study

From michaeldeibert@gmail.com:

1. In a previous post, Peter Kondrat called the Lancet piece a "scientific study in a respected medical journal," which does indeed seem to speak of his being overawed by anything that gets printed on official letterhead and lines up roughly with his cause-du-jour agenda. Sorry, Peter, but your propensity for hero worship appears to have lead you astray yet again.

2. Peter Kondrat's positing that the only two available sources for human rights reporting on Haiti are the Lancet and myself would be silly were it not so disrespectful and condescending to the Haitians working hard and at great risk in the field of human rights and development. One should check with the myriad of Haitian-run organizations (SOFA, EnfoFamn, GARR, PAPDA, Commission Episcopale Nationale Justice et Paix ) if they want reliable information on the human rights situation in Haiti.

3. Peter Kondrat refers to Lavalas a "popular movement?" Not for some time, Peter. Wasn't it Rene Preval's coalition that won the last presidential election in Haiti? How much did Marc Bazin, the Fanmi Lavalas candidate, poll in those elections again? As to those "orphans," I knew quite a few of them in Cite Soleil, Peter, a shame you never came down to chat with them.

4. "The sample of data that was reviewed and verified was too small for Michael's taste." Not just for my taste, it would appear.

(Peter Kondrat somehow skipped the number 5)

6. Peter Kondrat writes that the statement that the Lancet authors claimed no rapes were committed by Fanmi Lavalas supporters according to their study is "a lie." Alas, it is Peter Kondrat who is lying on this point. Page 6 of the Lancet study states the percentage of "Lavalas members or partisans" as having committed murder or sexual assault as "none." Look it up, Peter

MD

www.michaeldeibert.com
www.michaeldeibert.blogspot.com



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From: Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>
To: Michael Deibert <michaeldeibert@hotmail.com>
Subject: NOTE FOR YOU: Re: Deibert (comment) Response to to Peter Kondrat regarding the Lancet study Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:37:05 -0500 (CDT)


MIchael, I will happily post the note if you will delete the first sentence. It is a personal attack. The rest attacks his argument, and that's fine.

Bob


On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Michael Deibert wrote:

From michaeldeibert@gmail.com:

Peter Kondrat doesn't seem to be much of a debater, but here's a quick response.

1. In a previous post, Peter Kondrat called the Lancet piece a "scientific study in a respected medical journal," which does indeed seem to speak of his being overawed by anything that gets printed on official letterhead and lines up roughly with his cause-du-jour agenda. Sorry, Peter, but your propensity for hero worship appears to have lead you astray yet again.

2. Peter Kondrat's positing that the only two available sources for human rights reporting on Haiti are the Lancet and myself would be silly were it not so disrespectful and condescending to the Haitians working hard and at great risk in the field of human rights and development. One should check with the myriad of Haitian-run organizations (SOFA, EnfoFamn, GARR, PAPDA, Commission Episcopale Nationale Justice et Paix ) if they want reliable information on the human rights situation in Haiti.

3. Peter Kondrat refers to Lavalas a "popular movement?" Not for some time, Peter. Wasn't it Rene Preval's coalition that won the last presidential election in Haiti? How much did Marc Bazin, the Fanmi Lavalas candidate, poll in those elections again? As to those "orphans," I knew quite a few of them in Cite Soleil, Peter, a shame you never came down to chat with them.

4. "The sample of data that was reviewed and verified was too small for Michael's taste." Not just for my taste, it would appear.

(Peter Kondrat somehow skipped the number 5)

6. Peter Kondrat writes that the statement that the Lancet authors claimed no rapes were committed by Fanmi Lavalas supporters according to their study is "a lie." Alas, it is Peter Kondrat who is lying on this point. Page 6 of the Lancet study states the percentage of "Lavalas members or partisans" as having committed murder or sexual assault as "none." Look it up, Peter

MD

www.michaeldeibert.com
www.michaeldeibert.blogspot.com

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