Thursday, March 31, 2011

Attention: Japan does not need help


According to the NY Hipster Times, we should NOT donate to help Japan deal with the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that collectively that killed over 20,000 Japs. We must send our donations to Haiti, since they have a greater need. I love how the article implies that the Red Cross and other greedy charities raced to line their pockets with donations as soon as possible immediately following the disaster. So since the Japs are a "proud people" and don't ask for help, we shouldn't provide it.

Meanwhile in Haiti, standards of living are up (except for the 300,000 Haitians killed in the earthquake). After moving from shack to rubble in a few seconds of earthquake, it took only a little over a year for every aid agency and assisting government to help Haiti build up to tents and tarps. But most of the Haitians that could move back to their slum house continue to choose not to. They dont really have a great future in either location, so they might as well get attention from aid groups, free food and rent out of it.

Haiti has been an independent republic for over 200 years, but are still reliant on foreign welfare. So back to the Japs, do you want to donate money so some Jap can rebuild his 38 square foot bamboo and paper house so he can go back to working 80 hours a week doing math or whatever, or pay Haiti to continue doing the same nothing that they have been doing as an independent republic for the past 200 years? As grandma said, "everyone leaves the Haitians alone. They're black. I mean very black, even regular black people don't marry them."

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