“He was talking about necklacing. You know, where a doused in gasoline is placed over someones head and lit on fire.”
Why don’t you tell the rest of the story?
That this so called “necklacing” was used in dealing with the Tonton Macoutes.
The Tonton Macoutes was the militia death squads that were created during the “Papa Doc” regime.
And the FULL QUOTE follows:
“If you catch one, do not fail to give him what he deserves,” Aristide said on Radio Nationale, during a bout of mob justice. “What a beautiful tool! It’s lovely, it’s cute, it’s pretty, it has a good smell; wherever you go you want to inhale it.”
He was specifically talking about the Tonton Macoutes.
So do you not think this was a justified punishment for the Tonton Macoutes who for decades would go around and butcher people with machetes and then hand what’s left in public squares?
But back to Thompson.....Cough up some billing records, or phone records or better yet the real document.
Relying on a document that appeared out of thin air on a site who’s intention is to slam Thompson is pretty shallow. I don’t even think that dan rather would stoop as low as that...Oh wait he did.
So are you saying that Thompson should have billed Aristide for one phone call? Hell most lawyers grant a free consultation.
That should be hang what’s left in public squares
“But back to Thompson.....Cough up some billing records, or phone records or better yet the real document.”
There are no billing records. Did boston.com make up Fred’s quotes? You seem to have different standards of evidence for different people.
As for the Tonton Macoutes - I am not a fan of vigilante justice. Aristide was the elected official whose job it was to instill rule of law. That’s something Haiti had very little of. Encouraging vigilante justice was questionable at best.
Even if Thompson was just trying to get the embargo lifted, as he claimed, why lift a finger for the scumbag Aristide?
A Marxist who was not much less violent and repressive than the Papa/Baby Doc regime.
In 1988, Aristide said, “American Imperialism has supported the Haitian government. Elections aren’t the answer, elections are a way for those in power to control people. The solution is revolution, first in the spirit of the Gospel; Jesus could not accept people going hungry. It is a conflict between classes, rich and poor. My role is to preach and organize....”
Aristide was kicked out of the Roman Catholic church for his Marxist “liberation” theology.
This is the guy that Thompson even lifted a finger for, for free?
“So are you saying that Thompson should have billed Aristide for one phone call? Hell most lawyers grant a free consultation.”
The call wasn’t WITH Aristide - it was TO John Sununu.
Fred had to file documents that he was going to lobby for a foreign government entity before he could make the call. Someone from Aristide’s camp spoke to him about what they wanted - Fred didn’t do this all on his own. That’s at least one other call and/or meeting that Fred never explained.
Lawyers turn down clients all the time. Why did he go through so much trouble to get the embargo lifted for this scumbag? A lot of unanswered questions!
This is all public record - even without the document whose veracity you doubt.