Lord of the Flies
Posted: Sep 1st 2005, 12:01 pm
first off I just want to say how horrible I think what has happened to New Orleans, the gulf, and Mississippi. I can't even imagine what it's like to lose everything, and then to lose your city on top of it. and especially for the poorer people who have no option to rebuild even once the city is cleared out.
but
I'm also amazed at how short the amount of time it took for people to revert to animalistic nature and go insanely wild. this just happened a few days ago! yet people are already looting and shooting each other. I can understand stealing food from stores and blankets and stuff. not having been in such a situation, I can only speculate at the desperation these people must feel. but to steal tvs, and microwaves? and guns? for what? they had to stop rescuing people from the superdome because the helicoptors and boats were being shot at. how is it going to help your situation when you shoot at the hand that reaches out to you? sure, those are horrible situations to have to be stuck in. but the city is freaking flooded!!! people are doing the best they can, but it's going to take time. and because of the idiocy of some people, it's affecting all the others who are unfortunate enough to be stuck with them. I just don't understand. and like I said, maybe I'm just ignorant because I'm not in the situation myself. but it seems to me, that trying to help each other instead of shooting one another, will only help the situation. I'm sorry, it just makes me so angry to see all that violence and stealing amongst all the death and destruction. the fact that police are now taken away from rescuing people so that they can deal with violence. it's just wrong.
but
I'm also amazed at how short the amount of time it took for people to revert to animalistic nature and go insanely wild. this just happened a few days ago! yet people are already looting and shooting each other. I can understand stealing food from stores and blankets and stuff. not having been in such a situation, I can only speculate at the desperation these people must feel. but to steal tvs, and microwaves? and guns? for what? they had to stop rescuing people from the superdome because the helicoptors and boats were being shot at. how is it going to help your situation when you shoot at the hand that reaches out to you? sure, those are horrible situations to have to be stuck in. but the city is freaking flooded!!! people are doing the best they can, but it's going to take time. and because of the idiocy of some people, it's affecting all the others who are unfortunate enough to be stuck with them. I just don't understand. and like I said, maybe I'm just ignorant because I'm not in the situation myself. but it seems to me, that trying to help each other instead of shooting one another, will only help the situation. I'm sorry, it just makes me so angry to see all that violence and stealing amongst all the death and destruction. the fact that police are now taken away from rescuing people so that they can deal with violence. it's just wrong.