Some people are just insane (Re: Haiti)

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/earthquake-survivors-get-solar-powered-bibles/story-fn3dxity-1225821184929

AS international aid agencies rush food, water and medicine to Haiti's earthquake victims, a US faith-based group is sending Bibles to Haitians in their hour of need. Not just any Bible.

These are solar-powered audible Bibles that can broadcast the holy scriptures in Haitian Creole to 300 people at a time.

Called the "Proclaimer," the audio Bible delivers "digital quality" and is designed for "poor and illiterate people", the Faith Comes By Hearing group said. According to their website, the Proclaimer is "self-powered and can play the Bible in the jungle, desert or ... even on the moon!"

The Albuquerque-based organisation said 600 of the devices were already on their way to Haiti.

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I doubt there are very many people in Haiti right now who really gives a shit about such a horrible shipment. I hope there is plenty of wood, though, which they can use for fires.

[AnOhioan]

1. Yeah...thought the same thing when I heard this earlier on the radio

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Six hundred of the things all stacked up might make a halfway decent shelter.

[Codeine]

3. I'll be Devil's Advocate here.

The Haitians are a seriously religious people who have been open about their faith during this crisis. Whenever someone has been pulled from the rubble they have praised their god in Creole.

This might actually make some folks happy, even as it seems stupid to me.

[MiniMe]

4. Something that should be denied landing space at the airport