Alas, it never ends

The worst thing about McKinley's Dream -- this egotistical arrogant notion that one's faith justifies forcing beliefs and values on someone else because no less than Christ himself dictates your behavior -- is that it's still with us, in Haiti even as I write. Has anyone done more bad in the world than do-gooders?

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti's prime minister said Monday that 10 Americans who tried to take a busload of undocumented Haitian children out of the country knew that "what they were doing was wrong," and could be prosecuted in the United States.
Prime Minister Max Bellerive also told The Associated Press that his country is open to having the Americans face U.S. justice, since most government buildings — including Haiti's courts — were crippled by the monster earthquake.

"It is clear now that they were trying to cross the border without papers. It is clear now that some of the children have live parents," Bellerive said. "And it is clear now that they knew what they were doing was wrong."

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