Angry Letter

[basildestiny]

Dear idiots,

STOP SHOOTING AT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP YOU! ARE YOU RETARDED? There are dead bodies floating around you. Elderly and the young are unable to help themselves. And all that you can think about is how fun it would be to take on the National Guard. The President has nearly said martial law in Louisanna, but I really don't think the police want to start shooting civilians. STOP BEING DUMB BEFORE YOU GET MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE KILLED!

ANGRILY,
me

I was watching the news last night and the police got on loud speakers and announced "We will not be able to protect you anymore. We will be releasing the prisoners from the jail." And of course, people have been looting like crazy. And there were the snipers. And the story of a mother handing off her 2 month old to someone who was on a bus. What country do we live in? This doesn't sound like Mississippi and Louisanna. It sounds like some third world country that doesn't speak English. Have I stepped into the Twilight Zone? I would implore the people for morality, but is that something I could even expect? It's so bad down there, we can't even hear the GOOD things that are happening, because it's just tough to get reporters in. They might get killed for their car or their camera.

And gas?! North Carolina had to close down several gas stations. Our gas is only $3, but there was talk last night or rumors rather of $4.10/gallon and even of rations. If I run out of gas, then there will be no way for me to get to work. Maybe I'll be camping out here at work, but I doubt it since they won't let my fiance be around me because it looks bad. We'll see.

Katrina was sure different from just any other hurricane
~Bas

Comments

[basildestiny]

My letter is to the idiots who are making things worse, the immoral. Not the poor moral people who are suffering under the oppression of these gangs in the land of the free.

I don't think people are immoral for handing their children off to a stranger. I believe in the Bible that tells a story of Moses who wasn't even given to anyone, but rather put into a basket to float downstream.

My point was rather to the idiots shooting at people. Please stop doing it! I almost agree with the President to just shoot those idiots. But then no one wants to accidentally shoot someone who is taking a can of soup.

It's a sad week down there. My heart breaks for those people. I question if what is being reporting is 100% accurate. Things start to get dicey when it's an emotional piece. I have to wonder if just because that's how the poor feel that's how it is. There is a definite lack of supplies and resources. I know that entitlement is a mentality that some poor people can have. This whole feeling that something is owed to them. Not every poor person has it, but my neighbors come to mind. When you start feeling like the world is against you and start blaming other people for things that happen to you, it's hard not to feel that way. That entitled feeling. I've seen it a lot in my dealings with lower income people at work. And even when I hold out a hand to offer something, this entitled poor group take it and hang up without a thanks. Not that everyone is like that, but I don't think it's like that down there. But I know even I felt that way last year. I started blaming people for my inability to find a job.

People who are trying to help shouldn't have to wear flak jackets and kevlar and arm themselves against AK47s weilded by gang members. That's just plain retarded. And these idiots need to cut it out.

[(Anonymous)]

"I have to wonder if just because that's how the poor feel that's how it is. There is a definite lack of supplies and resources. I know that entitlement is a mentality that some poor people can have. This whole feeling that something is owed to them."

WTF. Are you seriously suggesting that these NO citizens are exaggerating their situation from a "sense of entitlement"? These people are DYING. Their children are dying. The elderly are dying. They have been completely cut off from the rest of the world and have had little to no help from outside sources for days. No water, no food, barely any shelter. Most of them were directed to the Superdome, told they would get help there and then were abandoned to fend for themselves. There is complete chaos as part of our country has transformed into a 3rd world country. The government sat on their asses and twiddled their thumbs for 3 days until finally deciding perhaps they should do something about that pesky poor people problem down in NO since it obviously wasn't going away on its own.

Have you even watched the news over the past few days? EVERYONE is questioning the actions (or rather, non-actions) of our so-called government. There is no exaggeration-there are hard, cold and very frightening and troubling facts to back up the questions.

I suppose you're "entitled" to your opinion but that doesn't mean it makes sense.

[basildestiny]

Hello, Joe! You always seem to amaze me with your interpretation of what I say. I am not saying that everyone is like that, but there are SOME people in some places that would do that.

People ARE dying. My relatives may in fact be counted among the dead. I haven't heard from them and I don't want to even think about their bodies floating somewhere.

Would you like to take any other comments of mine completely out of context and then dissect it?

Do me a favor: either read everything I have to say, which you can't seeing as you are anonymous and thus not privy to all of my entries, and then comment or else leave me alone.

[(Anonymous)]

Uhh, my name's not Joe. And from rereading your post I can see that I might have taken some of what you said out of context, but my overall point about the 'sense of entitlement' still stands.

I am also very sorry to hear about your relatives-I hope they are somewhere safe.

[basildestiny]

Well thumbs up then! I glad to see you aren't Joe because I thought he had let go and didn't want to see him coming back again.

I know about that sense of entitlement and I know there are people that feel that way. I know there are people in NO that feel that way and have armed themselves with guns and have looted places. But I also know the majority of people are innocent people who just need some help and haven't been able to get it. And I know our governement has been saying 'No thanks' to aid when we should say "Yes WAY!" It's frustrating indeed. My prayer and thoughts go out those down there.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, now that made a lot more sense and I understand your point now. :)

[basildestiny]

No problem! Glad to help. Really good to be able to have a discourse that ends in understanding! The internets still work!