What does it take to convince people to see the consequences of their own actions? Hospitals in New Orleans are operating on limited electricity and NO plumbling. It's a filthy mess where corpses, unable to be refridgerated, are being kept in a stairwell and patients are being transported by personal watercraft. Why? Because the snipers on the roof scared away the national guard which was originally transporting the sick people in hospital gowns. WHAT THE FUCK!? The SNIPERS? Did anyone else lose it when they heard that? NPR reported that a 10-year-old girl was raped last night. Do these people just not have a conscience?
There's no communication system. There's not a body count because they haven't been able to get to all affected areas yet. Let's repeat this again: There's no running water in the hospital. Now that's sanitary. The national guard has been directed to shoot to kill to control the looters. Who can take advantage of such a vulnerable situation?
Please give these people patience.
Friday, September 02, 2005
Vulnerability
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Some are raping and sniping for reasons we don't understand.
Others are taking more insidious advantage of the situation. They are relaxing air quality rules on gasoline and power plants in the name (or under cover) of disaster recovery.
You are right, we are vulnerable to the vagaries of the unprincipled. Will we all have to become cynical to survive?
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