Poll: If the Haiti quake had happened in your home country would it be considered worse?

[Wilbot666]

The recent massive earthquake in Haiti has been devastating to the population there.

My question is do you people think that if it had happened in a Western (read "more wealthy") country, rather than a poverty stricken island nation, that international aid would be more forthcoming?
If it was a country that was more of a producer, would the rest of the world be more interested in saving the malaised population?

 

[Julianking93]

Probably.

Hate to say it but most people don't really care about the earthquake in Haiti. If it had happened in America, people might have cared a bit more, but the truth is, if its not happening to them, most likely they won't care.

 

[Gadzooks]

Probably. Then again their aid would be worth less to us, therefore they would need to send more money to have the same aiding effect, right?

 

[Syphous]

I think the response to Haiti from around the word was pretty damn quick. I can't imagine them asking for more expedient help. I think American charities were quicker to help them than they were to help our own during the hurricane Katrina incident. They certainly seem to be advertising for help a lot more.

 

[Mozza444]

It's horrible to say.. but yes. Simple as that, everybody looks out for themselves.. if it was to occur in a big country such as america, everywhere would be sending AID to get the world back to normal.. Haiti gave no other countries support (beacuse its a poor country) and therefore recives less..

It's just how the world works..

 

[Lord Beautiful]

It probably wouldn't be considered worse if it happened in my country, seeing as everyone and their dog seems to hate America with a fiery passion.

As for the poll, I think Haiti would recieve more aid if it wasn't a developing country, though that additional aid would have come from its own figurative pockets. Let's face it, response to this from Western nations was rather quick.

 

[Wilbot666]

I think the response to Haiti from around the word was pretty damn quick. I can't imagine them asking for more expedient help. I think American charities were quicker to help them than they were to help our own during the hurricane Katrina incident. They certainly seem to be advertising for help a lot more.

The speed of the response was adequate I suppose, and in some ways (and please stop me if our foreign news broadcasts were wrong) the US government's seemed to be faster than their response to Katrina.

I guess part of my point was that Haiti doesn't really contribute a lot to what us Westerners would consider "our" economy, and so might be off most people radars.

All I can think is that if I did believe in a deity of some sort I would be praying for those poor people.

 

[TheFacelessOne]

Well, I'm sure some people around the world would be like "Oh crap" if a serious earthquake hit America (Except Osama Bin Laden, it'd be like the superbowl party)

But I think people wouldn't give as much aid because we're pretty darn wealthy ourselves.

 

[Premonition]

The recent massive earthquake in Haiti has been devastating to the population there.

My question is do you people think that if it had happened in a Western (read "more wealthy") country, rather than a poverty stricken island nation, that international aid would be more forthcoming?
If it was a country that was more of a producer, would the rest of the world be more interested in saving the malaised population?

Two options: Yes, because it is for the benefit of everyone. Or: No, because we can handle it ourselves.

 

[Gather]

I live in Australia and we are pretty much immune to earthquakes...

(Well, the important parts at least)

 

[Goldeneye1989]

I live in Australia and we are pretty much immune to earthquakes...

(Well, the important parts at least)

Cough Newcastle 1989 Cough

I dont think so because the death toll would have been far less

 

[Beartrucci]

Sadly in the western world as a whole,yes. We are all amoral and selfish. I've contributed some money, but I know it's not enough.

I do wonder whether people would care about a quake in Ireland though.

I would probably think, "Oh shit Furburt went and Jinxed it......"

I'm not sure if it would be considered "worse" if an earthquake hit my country unless it was more devastating or higher on the Richter Scale or something. I can't say anything about whether or not the aid was fast enough to Haiti or not because I was completely zoned out of all news when it happened and didn't actually find out about the earthquake happening till about a week later.

 

[Wilbot666]

The recent massive earthquake in Haiti has been devastating to the population there.

My question is do you people think that if it had happened in a Western (read "more wealthy") country, rather than a poverty stricken island nation, that international aid would be more forthcoming?
If it was a country that was more of a producer, would the rest of the world be more interested in saving the malaised population?

Two options: Yes, because it is for the benefit of everyone. Or: No, because we can handle it ourselves.

Without wanting to seem to be trying to be obtuse could you possibly clarify that? I'm not quite getting what you mean.

(Love the avatar by the way, that's straight out of Darksiders isn't it?)

 

[Wilbot666]

Sadly in the western world as a whole,yes. We are all amoral and selfish. I've contributed some money, but I know it's not enough.

I do wonder whether people would care about a quake in Ireland though.

I'd care personally as I still haven't been there to get a pint of genuine Guinness. A monkey wouldn't drink the shite they send us here in Australia. (I do though when no-one's looking at the pub.)

 

[Premonition]

The recent massive earthquake in Haiti has been devastating to the population there.

My question is do you people think that if it had happened in a Western (read "more wealthy") country, rather than a poverty stricken island nation, that international aid would be more forthcoming?
If it was a country that was more of a producer, would the rest of the world be more interested in saving the malaised population?

Two options: Yes, because it is for the benefit of everyone. Or: No, because we can handle it ourselves.

Without wanting to seem to be trying to be obtuse could you possibly clarify that? I'm not quite getting what you mean.

(Love the avatar by the way, that's straight out of Darksiders isn't it?)

Aye, that's from Darksiders. Thank you <3

Either the rest of the world is going to help us after the quake because that would benefit everyone, including themselves. Not only financially but also politically. Or, they would only help us with basic stuff like food, medicine, doctors and the sort and have us clean up the mess because we should be able to take care of it ourselves.

 

[Uszi]

The US has better infrastructure, and more resources to fix the problem once it occurs.

We would have been way less bum-fucked.

 

[Gather]

I live in Australia and we are pretty much immune to earthquakes...

(Well, the important parts at least)

Cough Newcastle 1989 Cough

I dont think so because the death toll would have been far less

Pretty much is a good catch all but damn, one earthquake in how many years? I'll call that an immunity like how cleaning products kill 99.9% worth of germs.

 

[Wilbot666]

The recent massive earthquake in Haiti has been devastating to the population there.

My question is do you people think that if it had happened in a Western (read "more wealthy") country, rather than a poverty stricken island nation, that international aid would be more forthcoming?
If it was a country that was more of a producer, would the rest of the world be more interested in saving the malaised population?

Two options: Yes, because it is for the benefit of everyone. Or: No, because we can handle it ourselves.

Without wanting to seem to be trying to be obtuse could you possibly clarify that? I'm not quite getting what you mean.

(Love the avatar by the way, that's straight out of Darksiders isn't it?)

Aye, that's from Darksiders. Thank you <3

Either the rest of the world is going to help us after the quake because that would benefit everyone, including themselves. Not only financially but also politically. Or, they would only help us with basic stuff like food, medicine, doctors and the sort and have us clean up the mess because we should be able to take care of it ourselves.

Ahh ok now I understand, yes you could be onto something there.

 

[DarkSaber]

If what happened in New Orleans is anything to go by then no.