9/05/2005
Sympathy and Observation
How terrible, how completely terrifying would it be to be so ignorant that you would actually hold in contempt the very people trying to save your life.
I have seen many of the Katrina victims being exploited on national television, placing blame in a fit of rage and it makes me sad.
Like wounded dogs their backs are arched, ready to strike the hand that will lead them to safety.
How painful it is to watch the grief one goes through after being washed clean of everything but your last breath.
And then there is the irony:
I bought a bottle of Tabasco sauce a couple of days ago. Tabasco is made in Louisiana. Inside the package there was a campaign advertisement aimed at saving the Coastal Louisiana Wetland. I did not ready anything on the site that indicated they would be handing over any funds for the Katrina disaster. It did however link a site set up by Governer Blanco for the purpose of taking donations. Since it is my understanding that the local government did not follow proper procedures for evacuation of the city (School buses could have been used to evacuate the poor), I'm not sure I would trust them with dispersing of the aid.
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Sadly, so many of them feel betrayed by the government that they once blindly trusted to keep them safe... and who can blame the frustration and anger that come from watching those you love die in the streets around you as helecopters fly overhead to aid others and the authorities are reveiled to have no experience or the knowledge of where you are (even though you were told to go there by authorities with the promise of salvation in some cases).
Ignorance, stubborness and complacency - wether by leaders, governments or individuals - are again proven the most horrible of all threats facing humanity, regardless of their roles within situations....and the innocent again pay the price with suffering, loss of dignity or even their lives.
Will we ever learn?
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