Stop comparing Japan's disasters to others

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Stop comparing Japan's disasters to others
by Esfand Aashena
14-Mar-2011
 

Japan is going through a major disaster of epic proportions and here we're witnessing comments about Japanese having "better" culture and we don't see the lootings that we saw in Katrina or other places.

No looting?  Are you sure?  What is there to loot?  The fucking tsunami has washed away everything that could be looted!  What are you going to loot, a washed up LCD TV?  Where are you going to take your loot to?  Homes are gone, people are gone, there has been no chance of looting!  Cars are on rooftops so you can't transport your loot either!

They forget all of these and they focus on "difference in culture"!  As if they saw the "chance" to loot and are now reporting on the lack of it due to differences in culture!

This is becoming a multi faceted disaster that after 3 days of mounting problems the Japanese are slowly starting to ask for help from IAEA and other agencies.  Everyone is ready to help while the Japanese nuclear experts are preparing for hari kiri!  When the melt down occurs we may see them killing themselves for the failed plants than trying to find a solution.  How is that for differences in culture?  Is that any "better"?

There is no sense in comparing cultures or not worrying about rich Japan because they're not, people need help.  One in six people in Japan are now 'poor'. Stay away from clichés and don't repeat some nonsense.  This disaster is nowhere near in control and the Japense government is not even being honest and upfront about it.  They need help and they need to ask for it and be serious about it.

Of course compared to poor countries like Haiti or Indonesia they're much better off but with the nuclear meltdown looming this could very well affect all of us.

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vildemose

Perhaps if the Japanese

by vildemose on

Perhaps if the Japanese government was as unresponsive as the Bush Adminstration was in Katrina, the Japnese would have looted, commit violence, etc.

 


Esfand Aashena

What are you talking about everybody loving somebody?

by Esfand Aashena on

Yolanda sure Japan is more prepared than other countries and kudos to them for it.  The problem is they're censoring and not telling the whole truth.  Remember the Toyota problems?  How long did it take for them to say something?

My issue is two fold, one with the Japanese officials who are trying to say the nuclear problem is under control when it isn't and we have a nuclear meltdown going on.  The second issue is with our compatriots and others who are comparing the lack of looting in Japan as something good which should be compared to other disasters where other nationals looted their country.

There simply isn't anything to loot!  Everything is shuffled and washed up in the tsunami and is worthless! 

Everything is sacred


Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime

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by Everybody Loves Somebody ... on

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Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime

Quit complaining & add some value Esfand!

by Everybody Loves Somebody ... on

Why don't you jump on the next plane, ship, train, bus, or whatever to Japan and help them if you feel so strong about it!?


yolanda

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by yolanda on

If 8.9 earthquake occurred in other countries, the death toll would be a lot higher..........Nippon is definitely most earthquake ready country on this planet.......I am sure they will find a way to minimize the tsunami death toll....majority of the deaths are from tsunami... I have not thought about looting!

The nuclear power plant problems are hard to solve........maybe from now on, they have to build nuclear power plants both earth-quake resistant and also on higher elevation to avoid the tsunami attack!