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Originally Posted by Byrns
Why don't you post this under your real username?
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hmmm...okay.
contrary to what you might think, there are people out there that just dont care about third world countries that always need a 'hand out' regardless of natural disasters. They just dont expressedly admit it like I have.
does this make them bad people? it depends what your definition of a bad person is. I am being honest. I just dont care about donating my hard earned dollars to another country.
I have no control over how those dollars are spent. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of aid relief has supposedly already arrived.
When an earthquake struck in Italy last year and killed thousands, I also held on to my checkbook. Mind you, the media didnt drum up support like they have for Haiti.
I beleive sovereign countries have a responsibility to take care of their own people. They should be practical and prudent and allocate money each year to a slush fund to be used in emergency situations. Especially countries that live in regions that are prone to natural disasters or close to earthquake fault lines.
I am not critical of people that donate. In fact, I commend you. To each his own.
I just hope that there is room on an internet forum such as this to express a difference of opinion once in a while.
Calling someone an idiot just because they have a difference in opinion is not constructive and it leaves little room for dialogue, debate or discussion.
Good Day.
P.S and for those of you that beleive Haiti doenst have the means to allocate monies for future emergency expenditures, keep in mind they have acheived sovereignty from the french for almost 200 years and still havent been able to get their ____ together.