[Gokiburi]

Like anywhere else , great calamities bring out the best - and the worst - in people.

Functional societies recover - despite the agony, despite the almost unbearable grief of having lost loved ones, despite the bad apples.

Dysfunctional societies...wel, if I have to read about a third of the food donations for drought stricken Somalia a getting stolen and sold on the local marketts right under the noses of aid organisations...