Comments on: Haiti, Giving, and the Trouble With Sound Bytes

By: travesti

travesti — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:24:29 +0000

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By: Glen Stansberry

Glen Stansberry — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:00:26 +0000

AgentEd had a great point, and I did not know that about Operation Blessing. I should have researched that further.

But maybe that further proves my point.

NONE of the stories I read about Pat's remark remotely hinted that Pat had a relief observation. Pat chose to use his time in the spotlight making a ridiculous accusations instead of saying "here's how you can help the people of Haiti" and talking about Operation Blessing.

By: FekketCantenel

FekketCantenel — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:38:07 +0000

I'm glad someone else pointed this out. When I read “I don’t think I would mind Pat’s stupidity if he actually did something about the problem”, I was blown away. The complete lack of research completely floored me. Next time I pare down my Google Reader, I'm unsubscribing from this site's RSS feed just for this.

By: AgentEd

AgentEd — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:02:32 +0000

I am not a supporter if Pat Robertson, or the many statements that have been attributed to him over the years. However, he has an actual relief organization called Operation Blessing that specializes in disaster relief around the world including Haiti. As a matter of fact they have been they well before the earthquake ever struck.

I have been a supporter of Operation Blessing for the relief work they have been doing for decades.

Just an FYI.

By: Goofy1

Goofy1 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:00:46 +0000

Ok great discussion however the population of the country of Haiti is about 9,800,000. The population of the capital, Port-au-Prince is about 2,500,000 -3,000,000. Still the situation is horrific at an estimate of 500,000 dead. We visited the country in 1989 and I found it facinating and beautiful and yet a complete disaster then.

By: small home

small home — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:28:06 +0000

I am so deeply saddened with what had happened! Let is extend our help top the people of Haiti. Let us help whatever way we can.

By: cynthiamorris

cynthiamorris — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:05:16 +0000

I appreciate your well-articulated and moving rant. I respect those who aren't afraid to speak up.
Thanks for this.

By: JPLeGrand

JPLeGrand — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:38:33 +0000

There are about 3 million people living in Haiti. So far, the highest count I've heard is around 100,000. 3.3% of the population is enormous and we can't imagine how we'd react if a catastrophe killed 1 million people in America. (Actually according to observers we can't even imagine what's going on in Haiti right now).

By: Glen Stansberry

Glen Stansberry — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:03:14 +0000

Great thoughts Oleg.

I agree, there really isn't a good answer to this, but I think that yeah, it's easy for this type of promotion to do more bad than good.

By: Oleg Mokhov

Oleg Mokhov — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:01:28 +0000

Forgot to add: I agree that it's very easy for a business to do something like this in bad taste, and end up doing more harm than good (turning off people from them).