Katrina - Part 2

>>fume<<

Just when I think folks are basically good and helpful, I read something that shakes the unreality right off that pipe dream. Normally I can take a lot of stupid before my cork blows off, but what I just read has me burnin', dear reader.

An unnamed individual, posting on a forum which I also will not name, to quote loosely, has decided that he/she/it is not going to donate to support the Katrina disaster recovery because some of her hard-earned funds might fall into the hands of someone who may have looted something. One of those nefarious beasts who stepped into a grocery store that looks like an aftermath of Nagasaki, seeking a bit of food or some milk for his kids - said eviltry might just get his hands on some of this non-donor's donation. Therefore, he/she/it is not going to send any support.

Of all the immature, narrow-minded, sock-puppet-for-brains things to state...

But wait, it gets "better". Just a paragraph or so above this statement, he/she/it/sock-puppet says that this non-donor would not want his (gender stabilized to reduce confusion) donations to get into the hands of those who did not evacuate during the mandatory evacuation. Those who 'chose to stay' should not be aided.

I kept reading down through the thread. I have no idea why. I could have stopped, and saved myself from choking on my coffee, but I continued, and read that (and I quote): "dying in a hurricane in this day and age is just Darwin Award material."

I'm speechless.

>>/fume<<

Prayers focused on those who wait tonight and those who head in to rescue them.