Bless you for your service to the unfortunate. I totally agree with you about the scope of this tragedy and your point that there couldn't have been a perfect response. However, the cold, hard facts won't stop the ignorant from searching for someone to blame their hardship on.
However, the cold, hard facts won't stop the ignorant from searching for someone to blame their hardship on.
Yep, when somerthing goes wrong, the first thing to fix is the blame. PLUS, it seems an aspect of helplessness is the embracing of the notion that others, (e.g.: Mommie, teacher, the police, the government) are virtually all powerful, and so, if they don't give you what you think you need it must be because they are vicious, not because it can't be done or it would be bad for you. We have a large segment of our population, including many who vote, who are fundamentally infantile.