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Apparently, Pat Robertson couldn’t find anything particularly damning to point to as a scapegoat for the Haiti earthquake, because instead of pointing to homosexuals, feminists, abortions, etc., he chose to blame an alleged pact with the devil that took place 200 years ago during the Haiti revolution. The proof, believers claim, is that Haiti has always been a poor nation ever since the revolution.

This is rather sad in light of the fact that it takes a great deal of ignorance to suppose that Haiti’s troubles could only be supernatural. Haiti is on a fault line – on the “ring of fire,” no less. Scientists have known that it was only a matter of time before a major earthquake would strike.

The Haitian Revolution occurred from 1791–1803. Although they succeeded in driving out their oppressors, they were continually beleaguered by the French for years, who continued to extort them. It also didn’t help that the Haitians were uneducated and unskilled ex-slaves. Under these conditions like these, how could you expect a country to take off smoothly?

So what about this pact with Satan? It takes a great deal of imagination to suppose that the prayer believed to be the one Haitians offered to the creator of the universe had anything to do with Satan.
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Have you ever heard something along these lines?

Bill: So, where are you from?

Bob: I’m from England. You?

Bill: I’m American.

Bob: America sucks.

Bill: Well, it’s not perfect…

Bob: Your President is an idiot. Your people are fat and lazy. Your school system is the worst ever.

Or worse, have you ever done this to anyone? (Yes, this includes Americans who inform people from other countries that their country sucks.  Shame on you, too.) If so, this post is for you.

1. We know our country isn’t perfect.  We live in it, after all.
2. Our country does not have a monopoly on stupid people.
3. Our country does not have a monopoly on electing poor leaders.
4. Our country is not homogeneous.  What is common in one part of the country may be rare in another.  We are individuals, not drones.  Don’t stereotype based on what you hear in the news.
5. Your country isn’t perfect, either.

Thank you and good evening.