Call me suspicious, but I find it rather aggravating about the way each Earthquake crisis has been handled. Take Japan's crisis. Within days, we have hundreds of different groups sending support, near instant foreign aid being assigned to the country, and lest we forget the massive gamer sympathy organizations like Team Fortress 2's Japan Hat donations.
Then we look at Haiti. Similar disaster, pitiful support in comparison. Canada, who was the first to respond to Haiti's aid calls, effectively criticized reaction times for other developed countries when the earthquake hit last year. While there has been foreign aid, the country remains a wreck, and isn't any better off than it was before the quake hit.
So what's the difference here? A poor, disease ridden country is smashed back into the stone age, and we barely blink, and a leading nation in technological advances retains most of its infrastructure, and suddenly everybody in the world is scrambling to help? Where's the Team Fortress 2 relief fund for Haiti? Where was the massive rush to help Haitian victims trapped in rubble and suffering disease outbreaks? Where was all the foreign aid going when Haiti got hit? There wasn't even enough to handle the cost of provisions for every victim.
I find it astounding that so little sympathy ever goes to underdeveloped nations, while a threat to an economic powerhouse causes a massive scramble. But this is pretty much par for the course. Nobody gives a shit about the little guy when they need to make ends meet.
Then we look at Haiti. Similar disaster, pitiful support in comparison. Canada, who was the first to respond to Haiti's aid calls, effectively criticized reaction times for other developed countries when the earthquake hit last year. While there has been foreign aid, the country remains a wreck, and isn't any better off than it was before the quake hit.
So what's the difference here? A poor, disease ridden country is smashed back into the stone age, and we barely blink, and a leading nation in technological advances retains most of its infrastructure, and suddenly everybody in the world is scrambling to help? Where's the Team Fortress 2 relief fund for Haiti? Where was the massive rush to help Haitian victims trapped in rubble and suffering disease outbreaks? Where was all the foreign aid going when Haiti got hit? There wasn't even enough to handle the cost of provisions for every victim.
I find it astounding that so little sympathy ever goes to underdeveloped nations, while a threat to an economic powerhouse causes a massive scramble. But this is pretty much par for the course. Nobody gives a shit about the little guy when they need to make ends meet.
