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03-15-2011, 08:14 AM
As I said in my previous post. It doesn't matter how developed the country is, it's still human suffering. The donations are helping the Japanese and if it wasn't for the people who donated and the countries who have helped in rescue then Japan would be in more pressure doing it on their own. Like you said, Japan is in debt and if the government funded all of the relief then they wouldn't really have much money left to clear everything up and rebuilt.
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03-15-2011, 08:18 AM
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When it is incapable of doing this then I don't see a problem helping. A country like Japan probably needs a hand with a lot of things. It could always do with extra search and rescue teams, engineers and materials etc. and I fully SUPPORT this. But what it isn't lacking is money. I'm not telling people what to do with their money. I'm making a case for developing countries to take priority over developed countries for our charity. If you can't see the rationale behind that then oh well.. I can't help you. PS- Please read what's already been written. All I've done is rehash the argument for you.
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I'm all for helping Japan.. but not at my expense when I know that they can afford it.
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03-15-2011, 11:35 AM
Well isn't this thread rather sick.
It is NOT racist to donate to Japan. It is NOT 'nationalist' sentiment to feel for Japan or be affected by the disaster if you're not actually directly in the disaster zone; it's human sympathy. People in the depths of Hyougo, 600 miles from the disaster area are being effected by this disaster, people around the world are having a hard time, because people THEY KNOW are suffering, missing or dead and there's little they can do to reach out to help them. The Japanese government is dealing with a triptych of disasters and it cannot mobilize enough relief effort alone; survivors need food, heat, medical aid and shelter NOW- things that people miles away can't provide directly because that's impractical, but money can leap boundaries in seconds. Donate to the red cross, and by their own policy any surplus donation will ~automatically~ go direct to other areas and in fact, donating to their Japan disaster appeal also means funding for ALL other countries effected by these tsunamis. It's foul to sit about blasting on the internet how you ~shouldn't~ care or donate to ANY disaster because of mere economics. When someone's house burns down, it shouldn't matter the cost of the house or if they have insurance or not, as to whether or not you go out with a blanket and a hand for them. If the money reaches people in need, that's all that matters. NZ donated $4 million to Australia to give relief during those floods. Australia gave almost the same amount back a few months later to NZ after the earthquake, and now people in both countries are donating to Japan. Japan sent relief aid to both China and Haiti, and China has responded now in turn, as has Singapore and S. Korea amongst many others. I would like to think that if it weren't such a corrupt mess, Haiti would also have responded. The developed nations HELP each other, because that allows them further down the line to give relief aid to the developing nations.
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03-15-2011, 11:39 AM
I agree with you Columbine.
In my opinion Japan is one of the most advanced and richest country in the world, nevertheless this kind of event is really much bigger than human grasp. Any country would need help in this situation.
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