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DAVID asks: A generally good editorial by Castro on Haiti. But...did anyone catch this? ... "Climate change is threatening the whole of humanity. The earthquake in Port-au-Prince, barely three weeks after the Copenhagen conference, reminds us all of how selfishly and arrogantly we behaved there." Did I miss something or there some connection between Climate change and this earthquake??? What is he trying to say here? * * * Not a connection but a contrast. He says in the preceding sentence, "En Haití se pondrá a prueba cuánto puede durar el espíritu de cooperación, antes de que el egoísmo, el chovinismo, los intereses mezquinos y el desprecio por otras naciones prevalezcan." "In Haiti how long the spirit of cooperation can last before it is overcome by egoism, chauvinism, petty interests and the disregard for other nations will be put to the test." What he is doing is contrasting the spirit of cooperation evidenced in Haiti with the contrary attitudes displayed in Copenhagen. Joaquín ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
