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Originally Posted by m21sniper
How the heck would you know what kind of lives people in shanty towns can live? You encourage me to go to a shanty town...have you been to any Haitian shanty towns?
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I've been in shantytowns in Manila and Jakarta that I imagine are very similar. I worked on a project to put public toilets and running water into one particularly nasty shantytown in Jakarta.
I have not been to Haiti—but have spoken to some people who go regularly—including one doctor friend who has been volunteering for Doctors Without Borders for years. I have seen his photographs, and I believe the situation is comparable.
Many people in shanty towns lead perfectly normal—if modest—lives. And bear in mind that only a small percentage of the people that died and were injured in Haiti lived in shantytowns.
I still think you are one very sorry f_ck for sitting in judgment of these people.