"‘Disaster fatigue’ blamed for drop in giving
After two major overseas tragedies, Americans are less generous"
the gov't and media drive me nuts
the fact that we haven't given as much has nothing to do with recurring disasters causing some bullshit syndrome with a title like 'disaster fatigue'
it has NOTHING to do with our generosity being lacking or a lack compassion for what's happening to the people in china and myanmar. in fact, i'm sure that if any one of us was able we would give everything we could to help those families and parents and children who have lost everything
it tears our hearts out too, to be sure, to watch the parents in their heart wrenching grief...to see the faces of the stunned and the lost and the injured and the heartbroken...
to see the children wondering what the hell just happened and have absolutely no sense of direction
we feel it
but apparantly some 'experts' feel it necessary to analyze why on earth we just aren't reaching into our pockets as much as usual.
why clearly, it must be that we are sick of helping.
clearly.....enough disasters. we're done. deal with you're own shit
as if.
here's a thought to entertain for just a millisecond
how about americans, had they known that the gov't was going to make a big dramatic deal (and spend 4 million dollars to send us letters) announcing we were all getting a 'stimulus' check
and we hadn't all planned for that
and then most of us found out the week we were expecting it in our bank accounts that if we had filed with turbo tax we would be getting a paper check weeks later than expected
completely screwing up people's finances on multiple levels
and maybe if the ecomony wasn't falling down
and the housing market wasn't crushed
and the price of gas wasn't at $4 a gallon
and the price of food wasn't going through the roof
maybe if the gov't hadn't gotten us in this financial pickle
we would be able to pour out of our pockets and wallets the love and emotion and support we feel pouring from our hearts
instead of portraying americans as bored and irritated with the constant unfortunate ways of the world
ya think?
