I think you will find that when all is said and done that TENS of thousands of people will have died as a result of the hurricane...
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The hurricane issues in New Orleans are a tragedy, of course. But hundreds of thousands of people did not die in it, and entire countries weren't simply obliterated and wiped off the map.
I'm all for donating to worthy causes, I'm simply saying don't compare two different events that are hardly comparable.
I would like to point out that the only thing the Tsunami and the Hurricane have in common is water.
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They certainly have death in common. I'd say the stories of flood waters separating families and folks still not knowing whether some live or die are common. The need for assistance in common. The lack of drinking water is certainly common. Workers too busy finding the living to even deal with the dead yet, that sounds sadly familiar.
Maybe you should just keep your anti-Amerrican attitude to yourself. If you don't feel the basic human compassion the leads to a desire to help, fine. But don't fault the humanity in others that you so clearly lack.
This sort of attitude will just stop people wanting to donate. No need for it - grow up.
Its a good thing Americans didn't have your attitude 70 years ago, huh?
Some thing are the right thing to do just because they're the right thing to do. If you need reminding of that fact, it speaks more about you than the person reminding you.
Personally, I don't care if the rest of the world lifts a finger or not. We're blessed enough that we can cover ourselves if we have to. It just might mean we don't have the money to support 60% of the UN's budget or have any foreign aid for the rest of the world.
Its a strange world when America's closest allies have become Australia and Poland, and not those we kept same from communism for a generation and a half.
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