New Orleans
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:17 am
By now the chaos should be wrapping up in general. I just wanted to throw this topic out there to see what reactions pop up.
Personally, while I do sympathize with the people in the sense that without any aid and without proper sanitation, that is a shitty (pun somewhat intended) situation to be in, I find the actions of the New Orlean-ers rather deplorable. It seems as though once the symbol of authority disappears, everyone just felt completely free to resort to a Hobbesian state of nature, where no one had any rights and only the strong survived.
And then there's the whole thing of people chanting "We want help!" outside the stadium. Well no kidding! But try to meet the emergency personnel halfway at least. If you want help, first see what you can possibly do to ensure that you don't need help. Rapes and beatings going on in the stadium? How about showing some initiative and organizing some crap? Volunteering to work with the emergency personnel to ensure that things don't get worse. Don't cry out "We want help" and sit there like wailing infants.
Anyway, that's my opinion. Discuss. <p></p>
Personally, while I do sympathize with the people in the sense that without any aid and without proper sanitation, that is a shitty (pun somewhat intended) situation to be in, I find the actions of the New Orlean-ers rather deplorable. It seems as though once the symbol of authority disappears, everyone just felt completely free to resort to a Hobbesian state of nature, where no one had any rights and only the strong survived.
And then there's the whole thing of people chanting "We want help!" outside the stadium. Well no kidding! But try to meet the emergency personnel halfway at least. If you want help, first see what you can possibly do to ensure that you don't need help. Rapes and beatings going on in the stadium? How about showing some initiative and organizing some crap? Volunteering to work with the emergency personnel to ensure that things don't get worse. Don't cry out "We want help" and sit there like wailing infants.
Anyway, that's my opinion. Discuss. <p></p>