"Last time I checked, 1 million people didn't lose their homes Sept. 11th."
Diddle, you're my friend and a fellow Texan. This is not about race or culture. This is about bad behavior.
Those folks in New York made me proud on that awful day four years ago. And they continued to help each other out. My city and culture is less like theirs than that of New Orleans, but I admired the brotherhood they exhibited.
I realize the situation in New Orleans is desperate, but roving gangs with machine guns, hijacking vehicles, shoplifing electronics when the electricity is out, beseiging hospitals and police stations -- that is simple bad behavior, and I am appalled.
I believe that if you'll think about it, you will be, too.
Not to minimize 9/11 but the worst part was over for most persons in hours, and they then knew that they were going to survive. In contrast this has been ongoing for 3 days now, with no end in sight for those in NOLA. This is so much worse in that regard. What if one of the WTC towers hadn't collapsed, and 3 days later most were still stuck in the tower, after having witnessed the other collapse, with no info, little food and water, fires still burning below, no idea when the rescuers would get to them?
To be clear, I in no way excuse the roving gangs. Methinks Operation Roach Stompout is rolling in as we speak, and that problem will soon be greatly reduced.