Comments on: Katrina http://www.yellow-llama.com/katrina/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:16:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dale http://www.yellow-llama.com/katrina/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Dale Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:39:03 +0000 http://www.yellow-llama.com/2005/katrina/#comment-367 Can't see the video, just get the zippy home page Can’t see the video, just get the zippy home page

]]> By: MarkB http://www.yellow-llama.com/katrina/comment-page-1/#comment-363 MarkB Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:07:52 +0000 http://www.yellow-llama.com/2005/katrina/#comment-363 I know the feeling Nicole... Events like these bring people from both sides of the moral scale: Those who see no wrong in benefiting themselves from the misfortune of another, and then those who jump at the opportunity to show a selfless attitude, roll up their sleeves and get involved in regaining a level of normalcy and helping out those in need... Maybe you should check out <a href="http://205.138.199.81/videos/7/101346_62c6c.wmv" rel="nofollow">the video</a> yourself and decide the motives of those cops.. I find it shocking.. I know the feeling Nicole… Events like these bring people from both sides of the moral scale: Those who see no wrong in benefiting themselves from the misfortune of another, and then those who jump at the opportunity to show a selfless attitude, roll up their sleeves and get involved in regaining a level of normalcy and helping out those in need…

Maybe you should check out the video yourself and decide the motives of those cops.. I find it shocking..

]]> By: Nicole http://www.yellow-llama.com/katrina/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Nicole Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:28:21 +0000 http://www.yellow-llama.com/2005/katrina/#comment-361 The problem with being out of the Katrina news loop is that when you do catch something, you hear it out of the context of everything else going on. Yes, there has been looting, but there has been both superficial looting (those stealing non-essential goods) and those taking the water and food they need to survive. It's a moral dilemma that I'm sure many an ethics class has discussed -- is it okay to steal food and water that you need to survive? It's wrong ostensibly, but not being in the situation, it's hard to judge. I can't say positively that if stealing water meant the survival of me or a family member that I wouldn't steal it. As for the actions of NOPD officers -- though I haven't heard of any instances of the officers themselves looting, I do know what a hit they have taken. Many have resigned. A couple officers have committed suicide. They don't know how to deal with the incomprehensibleness of the tragedy. I could go on and on, but the stories I like the most are the positive ones. The ones about students finding new homes at colleges and universities around the nation (many for reduced or free tuition) and the great amount of support available at websites like hurricanehousing.org. People from around the nation (from Belgrade, Montana to Honolulu, Hawaii) have offered housing, transportation (even airplane tickets to get to the housing), necessities, and jobs to people who need to relocate. I have to focus on the positive because too much of the negative is more than I can process. The problem with being out of the Katrina news loop is that when you do catch something, you hear it out of the context of everything else going on.

Yes, there has been looting, but there has been both superficial looting (those stealing non-essential goods) and those taking the water and food they need to survive. It’s a moral dilemma that I’m sure many an ethics class has discussed — is it okay to steal food and water that you need to survive? It’s wrong ostensibly, but not being in the situation, it’s hard to judge. I can’t say positively that if stealing water meant the survival of me or a family member that I wouldn’t steal it.

As for the actions of NOPD officers — though I haven’t heard of any instances of the officers themselves looting, I do know what a hit they have taken. Many have resigned. A couple officers have committed suicide. They don’t know how to deal with the incomprehensibleness of the tragedy.

I could go on and on, but the stories I like the most are the positive ones. The ones about students finding new homes at colleges and universities around the nation (many for reduced or free tuition) and the great amount of support available at websites like hurricanehousing.org. People from around the nation (from Belgrade, Montana to Honolulu, Hawaii) have offered housing, transportation (even airplane tickets to get to the housing), necessities, and jobs to people who need to relocate.

I have to focus on the positive because too much of the negative is more than I can process.

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