Originally posted by Zeal Ex Nihilounder stand the US has seen as worst ......
Haiti sucks.
new orleans flood after math, people killing each other over food military had to be called in and they was still killing each other.(have family there)
Miami basicaly after any hurricane , people resort to stealing and voilence.
the new york black out in the 1900s, violence skyrocketed
/trollface
Originally posted by Zeal Ex Nihilo
Haiti sucks.
the comments made by some of the people on that video are horrific
Originally posted by chomperx9
so you would feal 100% secure visiting there a month ago ?
Maybe not 100% secure, as it is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, but I've visited a lot of poor countries before.
I certainly wouldn't go there expecting not to come back in one piece. That really is a ridiculous thing to think. Have you ever been outside of the U.S?
Originally posted by Rain Dogive been to mexico many times so yes. i know you thinking im one of those thats paranoid of going to foreign countries and il get shot 1st thing. no im not. it just depends on the country and what ive heard about the people there.
Maybe not 100% secure, as it is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, but I've visited a lot of poor countries before.I certainly wouldn't go there expecting not to come back in one piece. That really is a ridiculous thing to think. Have you ever been outside of the U.S?
ok yeah maybe the not coming back in one piece thing was a little sarcastic but still you got a good chance of getting killed there for money and ive heard they even kill eachother there just for food.
The comments on that video are prety f/cked up.
There was a comment about negros don't wait in line in NYC. IDK. Rosa Parks wouldn't have received Global recognition if she'd waited in Line.
Something which the ITN camera Crew could not capture in those scenes; most of the adults jostling for supplies have dependents: children, siblings -little brothers/sisters- and old folks who haven't eaten, desperate for them to bring back some food. Psychologically its damaging. To come back with nothing day after day. I wonder what that woman wanted those boxes for. Perhaps as proof to demonstrate she really did go for supplies but there was nothing there or perhaps she wanted something to put her possessions in, which kinda makes sense but is still rather sad to see.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0125/1224263036790.html
“Yesterday, they threw water bottles back at us and said, ‘We don’t want your water’,” Lt Kerfoot says. “When we gave out high energy biscuits, they threw them on the ground and stomped on them when they saw they were cookies."
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper...4263036790.html
full-scale distribution has repeatedly been delayed for fear of food riotsFor John O’Shea, the head of Goal who visited Port-au-Prince at the weekend, the Haitian relief effort is still too little, too slowly. “Up to 1.5 million people need all of their basic requirements seen to,” O’Shea said. “There isn’t an entity on the planet that can satisfy the needs of 1.5 million people. We don’t have it because the international community hasn’t establish an international fire brigade.”
O’Shea believes Ireland is the nation best qualified to established such an organisation.
In the meantime, he wants President Barack Obama, who has sent $100 million in aid and 12,000 military personnel, to be given overall authority – not the UN. “The one phrase I heard most here was: ‘Who in God’s name is in charge?’ ” says O’Shea.
Nor is there a single toilet or shower, for 60,000 people.
The displaced Haitians want food, not water, a Haitian woman explained to me. And in their culture, biscuits are not real food, but something given to children.
there are heart-breaking scenes. In dozens of tents, people told me they were hungry, thirsty and had nowhere to go. Several said they expected to die in the Pétionville Club.