I'm seriously jealous of your Julie-ness. (And for the record, Mormons are required to keep all of that emergency stuff in their basements. It's so that if there is a disaster, the Mormons will keep on thriving, yo!)
I think it's easy for people to sit behind their televisions and computer screens and yell at people because they can't relate. I think it's easy to look at all the people stuck in their attics and say, "Foolish people! Why didn't you leave?" because they haven't been in a situation where they had to choose. I think it's easier to concentrate on the few people who /could/ have left (and chose not to) rather than the people who need to be exacuated from hospitals and prisons, just like it's easier to concentrate on some looters instead of all of the people stranded on their rooftops praying for help... and drinking water.
Besides, it's so much easier to blame the people for not evacuating, because then you don't have to think about helping out. Why should you help someone who chose their fate with their own stupidity, right?
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Date: 2005-09-03 03:40 pm (UTC)I think it's easy for people to sit behind their televisions and computer screens and yell at people because they can't relate. I think it's easy to look at all the people stuck in their attics and say, "Foolish people! Why didn't you leave?" because they haven't been in a situation where they had to choose. I think it's easier to concentrate on the few people who /could/ have left (and chose not to) rather than the people who need to be exacuated from hospitals and prisons, just like it's easier to concentrate on some looters instead of all of the people stranded on their rooftops praying for help... and drinking water.
Besides, it's so much easier to blame the people for not evacuating, because then you don't have to think about helping out. Why should you help someone who chose their fate with their own stupidity, right?