log 7b

I was taken back when all that the Katrina piece was only a photo, rather than the normal long passage that we have to read. Though they do say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so I guess its like we read a thousand word passage. The first “hotspot” for me was found in the expressions in all the peoples faces. The look of despair on their faces, I cannot imagine what they were seeing or what was happening to them. Perhaps they were being told by the soldiers that there was no more relief for them, or that everything they had was destroyed. Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst national disasters that this nation has ever known, the devastation to the people affected is unimaginable, their lives will never be the same. All we can do is help them try to rebuild, but that takes more than just thinking about it to make a change, it takes money and effort on our part. The second part of the photo that stood out to me was the apparent chaos in the situation shown. It is impossible to predict when such a disaster will strike, which means when it does it is all the more terrible. The thought of losing everything is not a pleasant one, so people don't usually think about it. When you do lose everything, I imagine some people would go into denial, which only makes reality hit harder once it sets in. The chaos of trying to feed and shelter this large amount of people is a nightmare, and when you tell people that there simply isn't enough, that is when all hell breaks loose. People fighting each other for the basics of life we take for granted every day, the very definition of chaos cannot be shown in a better way.

The first hotspot on the second reading came when I realized that the terror that the people of Cambrai suffered was brought by another group of people, that is the Boche. I know that we still have problems like this in Africa today, but thinking about it is still disturbing. The thought of slaughtering a village of innocent people is unthinkable. It's a shame that there are people in the world who have to worry about whether or not they will survive the day, or have to wonder about whether or not they will eat tomorrow. I know we try to help these people but it seems that no matter what we do it doesn't do anything. I suppose that it is simply human nature to fight, but to take it so far as to level a village of innocent people is beyond that argument. Though as they said, seeing the Boche prisoners cleaning the mess they made brought justice, but how much will that really help in aiding the people who's lives were destroyed by the war. The answer is it wont help that much, but justice is important because it makes an example of everyone who would think of causing such pain on others.

The second hotspot for me was at the end when the motives of helping were being scrutinized by each other. This type of behavior only leads to more problem sown the road, and only hurts the people that need help. I don't see why all the different countries need to be so suspicious of each other, as they are all there for the same purpose. I really hope that we can learn to set aside our differences in the future, maybe then we can do even more to help these people in need. I don't see any possible ulterior motives for being in Africa, so the countries are only suspicious because of what they think of the other countries helping. People probably think America is only there for the resources it can get there, which is wrong. Until we can get rid of this suspicion, I fear that there is no way we can ever help Africa and maintain the aid we give them without them falling back.