The world has been rightly shocked,stunned and stimulated into action over the natural disaster in Haiti. Fire crews from the UK have been deployed into this disaster zone to rescue the living and recover the dead, that is right and that is humane that but lets just think about why this occurs. When the "God" of nature strikes the rest of humanity reacts in a way that is as credit to us as human beings, well apart from the Daily Mail, obviously!
But yet we react in this way to natural disasters but we react in a totally different way to human disasters, why? I am not for one moment, decrying the need for humanitarian aid for the people of Haiti, I am not saying that these poor people should be denied aid from the West but lets just think about the world as it is today. An entire nation needing assistance from the world after a cruel attack from a "natural" force as opposed to an entire nation needing assistance after a cruel attack from a "human" force. What is the difference? We have seen the the blockade of the Gaza Convoy from entering Gaza by a Government that now supports an international assistance policy for Haiti, cool, we all do! So why not support a similar policy for Gaza?
A good mate of mine has been arrested and will stand trial (now theres a first) in Palestine for resisting the illegal occupation of his country by an occupying force. My mate is committed to non violent resistance and his actions had ultimately lead to the return of 30 dunums of land to Palestinians......;Oh the price he has paid for that!
I am not comparing the suffering of Haitions over the last 96 hours to the suffering of Palestinians over the last 63 years but if you are going to get involved in assisting people in struggling agains the odds then look at man made disasters like the occupation of Palestine, but then again, if you look to support to the Palestinians then you may have to look at blame of a group human beings.......its easier to blame a "natural" disaster! Read this! http://palsolidarity.org/2010/01/10594
Friday 15 January 2010
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