shelley powers: "we need to establish a habit of giving": ...no one is to ‘blame’ for being in the way of catastrophe, and as we know, any one of us could be the next victim. there are no safe spots where nothing is likely to happen; no places of invulnerability. to help others is to help ourselves; the days of geographical isolation are at an end and we have a responsibility to each other regardless of country, race, or religion.
but if we react to each event in a frenzy, soon we’ll burn out and truly catastrophic events will go by with barely a Blink. we’re seeing this with pakistan: it’s not that people aren’t caring; it’s that we’ve just been through one cycle of frantic giving following another a short 8 months ago. it may get to a point where a country would gain help for having an ...
