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Illusionist wrote:Even if an equivalent disaster happened in the U.S., we have the means to recover so we wouldn't really need outside help. America is still a very wealthy and well-off country despite the national debt. Haiti simply doesn't doesn't have supplies, equipment, or resources to save people so they need outside help.
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wishiwuzhizdreamgirl wrote:
were well off? we cant even clean up after Katrina and that happened like 5 years ago! We cant even keep an economy and we have to play the damned blame game. "oh its the demo's fault" or "oh its bushs fault" its AMERICAN CITIZENS faults, becsuse thats what we all are in the end CITIZENS! We are NOT a wealthy country at all. All the money we have is practically WORTHLESS!!!!!
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Not to mention that a lot of the money for the fires in Victoria came from Australians themselves that weren't affected by the disaster. I too am unhappy that we are donating so little, but I know of many many people here that are emptying their own pockets and donating as much as they can with little thought as to how it will affect them financially and personally.
If you are seen to be lacking empathy it will end up that when you are the one in need others will begin to lack empathy for you. America has problems, Australia has problems, Haiti has problems - everyone has problems. I don't understand what makes you (and possibly others) think that if you were the one in trouble no one would be there to help. Katrina is a perfect example of how that is so not true. How would it be any different if it were an earthquake, flash floods or the like?
Sometimes I believe that certain people and groups in America flatter themselves far too much. When it really boils down to it we are no different from you, and you are no different to us, and we are both no different than those in Haiti. We're all people and when someone is suffering, we do whatever we can to help out. Any less would be inhuman.
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Combatant876 wrote:3: Why should it not be our responsibility? Being among the richest countries in the world, which some could argue is at the expense of poorer countries (which we'll not get in to), with the ability to actually offer aid and support, surely we have a human responsibility to help those who don't have those capabilities. As mentioned above, the death toll in the earthquake has been massive, and without aid, it will only grow.
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