Why is it that when a hurricane hit Haiti this country had all kinds of relief efforts and aid efforts within a day and widespread reporting of the incident and when the Phillippines gets hit with one of the worst typhoons in history there are few if any relief efforts and much smaller scale reporting of the incident here in the US ?
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Same with the quake in China that killed 100,000 people.
Same with the Tsunami in India Sri Lanka
It's because they are broke ass black people. Broke Asians don't matter to the PC crowd in the USA.Comment -
no, of course they are not, but the fact is that there are no political points to score, that's why........its all about politics...that's the answer 100%....politicsComment -
Actually the U.S. was more concerned with securing Haiti after the earthquake rather than helping anyone there. Oil had very much to do with it.Comment -
Its sad to see that those that come from a place of privilege deem it their right to not assist their fellow man if they deem their financial 'value' to be not adequate...
Too bad these are human beings like you or I that we are dealing with...
And westerners wonder why they are not universally liked...Comment -
Political Correctness is a large part of what is wrong with this country, specifically because it is used as a tool to fool and to persuade the masses. If we as a nation valued human suffering as much as they would have you believe after Haiti, then there should be Aid concerts, telethons, massive television coverage, and great public outcry for the people of the Phillippines (but other than the Red Cross, who is consistent in their mission, I don't see it).Comment -
Still really early. You're right, I don't see a lot of relief efforts either, but for hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, you still didn't see anything for a few days, and that was here. It took awhile in Haiti too. Let's see what's there by the weekend.Comment -
Dude, the Typhoon hit like 72 hours ago with lingering storms still hitting Ph. There is a ton being organized regionally. For starters, an earthquake lasts (the big ones) 5 minutes and then support agencies can get a game plan. A storm like this can make areas unreachable for days.
Just some of the agencies already in action
Philippine Red Cross, Unicef, The UN's World Food Programme, Oxfam, ShelterBox, Save the Children, ChildFund Australia, Plan UK, Australia for UNHCR, The International Rescue Committee, The World Food Programme
Discussions about a relief concert after Sandy didn't even start until almost 3 weeks after the storm.
Telethons in that area of the world are already in the works
Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not happening. Support and concern after natural disasters has more to do with proximity than anything else.Comment -
Have been in contact with poster here who lives on southern island. Amazingly all they saw was medium high winds and a lot of rain/flooding. Never lost internet or phone service and was seemingly not very aware of the devastation that took place on the middle islands. When u only get one channel and its fuzzy, it takes a while for you to get information. Gonna be a bit to actually gauge the full impact of this. But they will need a lot of help just to feed homeless/displaced.Comment -
Thank you!!Dude, the Typhoon hit like 72 hours ago with lingering storms still hitting Ph. There is a ton being organized regionally. For starters, an earthquake lasts (the big ones) 5 minutes and then support agencies can get a game plan. A storm like this can make areas unreachable for days.
Just some of the agencies already in action
Philippine Red Cross, Unicef, The UN's World Food Programme, Oxfam, ShelterBox, Save the Children, ChildFund Australia, Plan UK, Australia for UNHCR, The International Rescue Committee, The World Food Programme
Discussions about a relief concert after Sandy didn't even start until almost 3 weeks after the storm.
Telethons in that area of the world are already in the works
Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not happening. Support and concern after natural disasters has more to do with proximity than anything else.
It's still storming outside, and people here are like "Where the fukk are all the relief missions?? Durrrrrr"Comment -
Yea, nobody cares about these fukks
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The point wasn't why isn't aid there yet, and I didn't say that. You really ought to read what is written before you respond. My question referred to the US rushing to aid Haiti (and the lengths people went to, and the amount of attention given to) and giving the Phillippines much less attention while not seeing people go to the same or similar lengths to help these people who are, and will be, in need.Dude, the Typhoon hit like 72 hours ago with lingering storms still hitting Ph. There is a ton being organized regionally. For starters, an earthquake lasts (the big ones) 5 minutes and then support agencies can get a game plan. A storm like this can make areas unreachable for days.
Just some of the agencies already in action
Philippine Red Cross, Unicef, The UN's World Food Programme, Oxfam, ShelterBox, Save the Children, ChildFund Australia, Plan UK, Australia for UNHCR, The International Rescue Committee, The World Food Programme
Discussions about a relief concert after Sandy didn't even start until almost 3 weeks after the storm.
Telethons in that area of the world are already in the works
Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not happening. Support and concern after natural disasters has more to do with proximity than anything else.Comment -
You should heed your own advice, and read the last part of my post as well then. The closer people are geographically to a tragedy, the more apt they are to quickly organize/mobilize & rally for.
Haiti is a mere 800 miles from the US, the Philippines is pretty much 10x that.
At this point, estimates are ranging from 950 to over 15,000 dead from this storm. That's how little we really know the extent this soon after.Comment -
Canada is donating 5 million for relief efforts in the Philippines. Don't know how that compares to other countries. There are lots of Filipino Canadians over here.Comment -
shouldn't we repair the jersey shore and finish up fixing new orleans before we help a bunch of future cleaning woman rebuild their infrastructure which will only get blown away again in another storm?Comment -
they eat dogs in the phillipinesComment
