Then you have the hurricanne in the US, probably one of the most developed countries, and yet the social issues going on seem to be much worse then the tsunami. You have people looting stores (though I understand some of them are taking supplies for suvival, but TVs and VCRs don't count
), people taking advantage of trapped people and raping them, etc... Then there's the media that's being racist in the way they word what black people are doing, compared to what whites are doing. Also they are not disclosing some information for political reasons. For example, lot of countries have wanted to donate, but the US goverment has actually DECLINED some donations, for whatever reason. Australia decided to do the donations directly through the Red Cross to bypass the whole goverment route of donating, so that the money goes to those who need it. I'm guessing countries who tried to donate through the goverment will do the same.
Just curious what other people think about all the controversal stuff going on.
And this is not really to bash the US, I bet it would be similar if it was Canada. It's more an observation that just because a country is more developed, disasters are coped with much worse then would be imagined.
On other note though, it's good to see the generousity going on, as from what I hear they are getting tons of donations and supplies coming in, so that's definatly good.
My prayers go out to everyone in bad situations, especially those being raped, beaten, etc.
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