An observation that several pundits have made involves the way people in the disaster zone reacted to this hurricane's aftermath. Over and over, I have heard this statement in interviews:
"Disasters like this bring out the best in some people, and the worst in others." Judging by what we have seen in New Orleans, I'm sorry to say the worst has carried the day. We have all heard of the rapes in the Superdome and Convention Center, the stabbings, shootings, looting, preying upon tourists and families. Once upon a time, it didn't used to be nearly this bad. Yes, looting happened, but never on such a grand and almost unlimited scale. For goodness sake, after the Galveston Hurricane, two men were killed simply because they were taking photos of the nude bodies of dead female victims. Nowadays, they wouldn't be looked upon kindly, but would they be killed? Unfortunately, no. Here are the thoughts of two writers on this subject of behavior in a disaster: then and now. An editorial called "What New Orleans Shows", from Joseph Farah, creator and publisher of WorldNetDaily, and an article entitled "A Tale of Two Hurricanes" from author Rocco DiPippo at the wonderful website FrontpageMag.com
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." --Thomas Jefferson
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