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My POV is less one of debt (which we rich western nations do indeed owe to those we pillaged to get rich), but rather a combination of "what needs to be done?" with "what can we do?". Humanity relies on those good at (or having lots of) one thing helping out those less so, and (directly or eventually via however many intermediates) vice-versa. Reflexive altruism gone mad perhaps, but without it we're all buggered in the end.
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Default Update on Haiti . . .

. . . and it ain't good.

This evening, the CBC Radio 1 program, As it Happens broadcast this bit on Haiti:

"Endless emergency. Six months after the earthquake in Haiti, a Montreal reporter returns -- to find a country still struggling to find its feet."

And the link:

http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/

Part #2 contains the bit on Haiti. Damn sad stuff.
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I read this article midweek as it happens WL:
http://world.caledonianmercury.com/2...evisited/00912

Mary's Meals are one of my preferred charities :)
For those interested, they have a facebook page you can check out.
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