JohnVancouver wrote:Shirley has a valid point in there but is not an astute enough thinker or talented writer to make it -
it would be more useful to say that, as part of this aid, we should encourage Haitian govt. to rebuild in anticipation of other quakes,
But the idea that the Haitians should dust themselves off and move en masse "somewhere else" because they are geographically doomed is muddle-headed and mean-spirited at best. Woudl he suggest those in Florida move to Montana because of hurricanes, or that Americans in tornado zones pack up and migrate. That the Biafrans should get the hell out of Africa and move somewhere where they actually have food and can grow crops?
As Dee Dee Ramone said, "D-U-M-B, eveyone's accusing me."
And they're right
Agreed. I'm waiting for his next article where ha askes the people of San Francisco to leave the city before the Big One cause I see no difference between the two situations.
I like Shirley (I even bought his book and enjoyed it a lot) but this article was just plain terrible. He has no point whatsoever and it seems like he just wants to go against common sense. In the face of a tragedy like this we just can't afford such heartless cynism.
