Posted on 09/02/2005 9:28:23 PM PDT by onyx eyes
Another freeper friend of mine is sending off three cartons of clothes to her house.
Most compassionate freepers don't flaunt their compassion. We work quietly and effectively. We don't sit around posting whines about people who are not compassionate. We move quickly.....we dig deep.
I'll bet there are so many freepers per capita-wise that have donated to the the hurricane victims that they would bust a Roper poll wide open.
Leni
Sorry. Don't need a tongue lashing from you or anyone else, so save it.
You react as you wish, we'll do the same.
Exactly. This is where we go to "vent our spleen." FR provides a valuable surface. Believe me, the people that know me would be shocked that I'm a Freeper. I pretty much keep my political beliefs close to the vest when I'm out in the real world, you have to. But FR gives me a place to blow off steam.
Good post. I haven't said much here lately because quite frankly, there are too many disgusting people posting disgusting remarks. I don't want to be associated with them in any way, shape or form.
Free Republic is a political site, so there is going to be a lot of political sniping here, although like you, I find it inappropriate if that is what is foremost on people's minds. But I can do my part and just stay away from such ones.
Some people don't really believe in "Love your neighbor as yourself". Because they think that they are so wonderful and would be COMPLETELY and PERFECTLY prepared and self-sufficient, so they feel justified in looking down upon their "stupid neighbors" who weren't so perfect.
Some people are just SO perfect, why they have stored supplies for months just in case. Of course, what good that does when all your supplies have been flooded doesn't seem to register with these folks. Oh right, I know. These people are perfect enough that they wouldn't be foolish enough to live anywhere that could possibly flood! Of course.
Some people are just SO perfect, why, they would have gotten right out of town. True, some people are sick, or elderly, or poor, or tourists stranded without flights or rental cars, but, well, who cares about idiots who allow themselves to become poor? /s
Forgive my inability to understand your point.
You seem to have one, but I am unsure what it is, exactly.
Are you agreeing with my opinion or not?
It tells me that if it took fourteen people to get ONE vehicle, then there were a great many folks down there without vehicles, money and means. No doubt there were some people who could have left but didn't. But it's equally certain that a great many people were stuck there, rooted to what little they had in the world and lacking resources to uproot themselves on a journey without a destination, and no money to pay for it even if they did have a destination. Absolutely NOBODY could have predicted the total devestation that destroyed the city of New Orleans.
Just an aside, I wonder if these fourteen people you spoke about took some elderly or disabled along with them? Many people felt they had to stay with their families, elderly, disabled, whatever. A great many others, for sure, had stayed home in hurricanes past and survived, and believed they could do it again.
But my real point is that, AT THIS TIME, with a city in ruins, hundreds of thousands of people suddenly jobless and homeless, bodies still floating in the city, people still dying, buildings still burning and others still waiting to be rescued, nobody should be pointing fingers at them and blaming them for this natural disaster and subsequent tragic events. For them the world was indeed coming to an end, their world. This no doubt brought out the worst in many people who decided to loot. This is just not the time for blaming the people still suffering.
What it tells you is wrong. The description I gave you is exactly as it happened. The fourteen of them left in FIVE vehicles. And yes, among the fourteen there was a 74 year old man. And I didn't blame them at all, I did exactly the opposite, I heralded them for getting out no matter what.
I've been reading the threads but haven't posted on any of them either.
My observations are:)
There is sympathy and compassion for those who deserve it.
The problem as I see it is: America (rightly or wrongly) got complacent about about dealing with a stiuation like this. We could just not imagine these circumstances happening here and were unprepared for a natural disaster of this magnitude.
There are always going to be bullies and opprotunitists that rise from stiuations like this. They overshadow and make it difficut for the rest of the country to see the people who are behaving humanly.
There are always going to be politicians who use things like this for political gain. Look at a politicans track record and you'll know who they are. I think Bush is a compassionate person from his actions of the past. I think his response has been as good as it could be in a situation like this. There are always things that could have been done better in any situation, but that is hindsight and shouldn't be used to judge with, especially given his past show of handling disasters.
Hard choces make everyone uncomfortable and irritiable. Everyone has their own opinions on how things should be done. But you can't please all the people all the time. I think those in charge are doing the best they can in a very bad situation. Maybe the resposne was slow, maybe it wasn't, no one who wasn't in the decision makeing process of when to do things can know. By faith we need to believe the best that can/could be done is/was being done.
Becky
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