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Even faced with a human tragedy of almost unimaginable proportions, it seems some people are more concerned with jingoistic/nationalistic arguments about who is giving the most and who should be... it makes me sad.
What does it matter who gives what, what matters is that the help arrives.
This is not the time to argue about what France has done, or why America is allowed to violate international clean air laws, or who Russia has sold arms to, or whether the EU constitution is corrupt, or the war against Iraq... if people and nations cannot pull together now, when 100,000 lives hang in the balance and may be saved or lost depending on how quickly and surely we act... then can they ever? If people cannot give aid to a tragedy like this without having to use it to score points "I gave more than you, you are stingy, etc etc etc" then there is no hope I see in the human race as it today.
I have also heard reports that an Israeli field hospital was refused and turned away from Sri Lanka - although supplies were accepted from Israel. So sad, what difference could those few doctors have made ... some, how many lives wheld in the balance will be lost due to this racist decision (if it is true)... some... may they always know and always bear with them the blood that is on their hands.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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