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Originally Posted by BIZC8
So basically you're suggesting we accept things for what they are judging from what was on the liberators' minds at the time of our independence and not what we seem to conceive at present time a little over a hundred years later. You're saying that because they did not leave something in writing or otherwise, clearly stipulating that they're continuing a liberation movement started back in 1821 by José Nuñez de Cáceres but this time under the new name of República Dominicana and not Estado Independiente de Haití Español that the latter could not and would not be grandfathered under the first independence movement. The way I see it, the Haitian invasion/occupation was only an obstacle, a setback if you will, to a greater end started on December 1st, 1821 - independence. Remember, a setback is a setup to get back.
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Yes, that's what I mean.
We are two separate minds and because of that, we will have to agree to disagree on this.
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Originally Posted by BIZC8
Then you imply that we need to cater to the international community's perception of what they may believe our true intentions are - regardless of what the historical facts are. That, unfortunately, doesn't sit in too well with me. Be it as it may, we declared our independence from Spain, Haiti saw an opportunity to take advantage of a weak, newly created nation seeking outside support from La Gran Colombia and invaded it occupying it for 22 years. By then, the initial dream of being free gained enough support to turn things around and be independent once again. We should see those twenty two years of occupation as just that, an occupation. Not a colonization. We were never a colony of Haiti. Our identity, our culture and our ideals had already been clearly defined by the time Haiti invaded Santo Domingo
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Sometimes people value more their belief of what the world should be like rather than accepting what the world actually is.
In other words, the truth is worthless in an environment where everyone believes what ought to be and not what is.
BTW, the identity of Haití Español was tampered with thanks to 22 years (ie. a full generation) of Haitian domination. Many things changed in our culture, in part due to the Haitian invasion.
Its true that we retained most of our hispanic traditions, its also true that the African component was strengthened by the Haitian occupiers and their policy of Africanizing the entire island and eliminating traces of Europeans.
But, again, we will have to agree to disagree.
-NALs