Perhaps this has already been mentioned, but I don't understand why it takes a particularly bad natural disaster to pay attention to a country's poverty and needs.
It's great that there's all this attention devoted to Haiti and raising relief; such as the NHL's efforts and what MTV is putting together.
But why isn't there all this effort for relief in impoverished countries throughout the year? Why aren't celebrities doing this sort of thing to other places that need it at least as much as Haiti does now?
It seems to me, at this point anyway, that a lot of people are donating and paying attention to this for the wrong reasons. A "I'm great, look at what I'm doing!" approach.
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