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True, absolutely true. But that city mentality is unfortunately spreading. Even here in the sticks i see more and more of the "for myself" attitude. And a whole lot of "i messed up, now you fix it." People who actually try do suffer under these mindsets. Just peturbs me to no end.
rjohns39 said:
@Chickassan Today It's almost like country vice city. I understand where @Ursuline Chick is coming from. In the country, if a neighbor is in trouble everyone turns out to work the issue. in the city, everyone seems to expect someone else to fix it. What was problematic during Katrina was people were trying to do the right thing (country folks in the city) and other city folks were running them off. NOLA is interesting because it's the "big city" in the country. And a huge melting pot of culture. And truly a melting pot of city and country. First problem is define looting: so here's a test question: kids coming out the broken window of a store with a big screen tv. Is that looting or survival? Now scenario 2: Woman coming out the broken window of a grocery store with a case of water. Is that survival or looting? During katrina people stealing electronics got a pass and people stealing water were killed. Simply put it was a poor ROE. I truly believe that if the government had stayed out, NOLA people would have worked and solved the problem much better. Sometimes help is needed, but sometimes extra help is not helpful.
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Ursuline Chick said:
One would think anyone with more than two brain cells working would have learned something 12 years ago. But I guess after 12 years Katrina and all that went with it has been forgotten. How sad for PR that we can't do better.
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I'm not meaning to sound insensitive here, but I'd like to share a thought. I work in a federal prison as a teacher, and many of my students are from the island of Puerto Rico. They tell me much of the problem in PR today stems from YEARS of corruption and pocketing of federal monies intended for use on the Island's infrastructure. Things like telephone and electrical power poles, grids, roads and the like. Many of the problems PR is currently facing could have been preventable had this corruption been stopped and the necessary repairs made to the infrastructure. I DO think PR has a lot of innocent people who aren't implicated in the corruption and are suffering because of it. However, I do also believe that we should lend a helping hand, and PR should do their part to reach out and take it, not just sit and wait for it to come to them. I've discussed this at length with my PR inmate students and they agree. Hopefully, this will be a lesson for those who misappropriate funds for their own personal use. If I were in the central part of the Island, I'd walk out if I had to. By the way, I have lived in Puerto

I do agree that the FEMA stories are disgraceful. I think the current administration will probably fire them if it comes to their attention. They fire everybody else!
 
I think that's what most people really want, some understanding of what it feels like to lose everything you have worked your whole life for and that someone cares. And the ability to do what is needed to rebuild for yourself and your neighbor, so life can go on. Material prices to remain at a normal cost, to not feel preyed upon, but prayed for.
 

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