https://freerepublic.com/tag/clausgetsit/ en-us Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:52:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485470/posts The humanitarian disaster which has followed in the wake of Katrina has shocked the world almost more than the hurricane itself. Here is a selection of the letters to the editor addressed to Der Spiegel that we've translated into English. American society needs to ask itself why a natural catastrophe led to the breakdown of all civil order in a relatively short amount of time, and allowed a city to drown in chaos and anarchy. Asia, on the other hand, showed none of this aggression and brutality after the tsunami, but was marked, on the contrary, by a massive sense... Der Spiegel https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485470/posts#comment Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:52:43 GMT