Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Haiti Speculation

Haiti- we've all heard about it in the news recently, but I have had an interesting thought; the response to the earthquake in Port-Au-Prince may actually have a net positive effect. I would like to note now that this is pure speculation. Anyway, after this earthquake, Haiti may end with a stronger infrastructure or something along those lines. Think about it; Haiti has received more attention in a week than it has in years, it has received more aid than it has received in years, and so on. While the loss of life is an obvious loss, the country as a whole, due to the massive attention it has been receiving, may come out a little stronger, maybe a little more unified with the international community, or more unified as a country, or maybe just receiving more attention. Who knows until the final word comes out? (on a side note) You don't, and that's why the future is a bunch of speculation and we don't have Mars colonies by now like was predicted 50 years ago.

Truthfully, I am mostly just trying to be optimistic, I'm not educated especially in topics like this and after all, trials often do leave the recipient stronger by the very end (mostly mentally speaking, as trials often detract from the physical state and keep it down, like when you lose a leg).

Even if my optimistic speculation is a true, that doesn't mean we should ignore Haiti, because if we do, my speculation is void as that attention will flounder and come to an end, and so we should always remember that bad things are going on all the time and when they do, we shouldn't ignore the victims or their relations.

2 comments:

  1. Time will tell! I hope you're right:)

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  2. Very thought provoking....has started me thinking....very interesting.

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