[at-l] Natural Disasters - Morality

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In a message dated 9/2/2005 7:01:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
rmoak@sixmoondesigns.com writes:

The  writer in the opening paragraphs questions the teachings of the schools
and  churches and the apparent lack of morality. While looking at the NASA
World  Satellite software program I stopped counting at 40 the number of
churches  within 2 miles of the Superdome. All within low income black
community. All  flooded and presumably destroyed. 



I agree that unless a person is in the situation they cannot judge  rightly 
the actions of the desperate.  The poor -- the very poor --  who looted got 
caught up in actions of destruction.  The looting takes away  something from the 
character of the people who do it.  If food and drink  and items are taken to 
provide survival possibility then perhaps that can be  justified.  I don't 
think anyone would prevent that sort of assistance to  people facing death.  The 
news programs seemed bent on picturing a people  who were taking items that 
could not in any stretch be items for survival.   In the opportunity for getting 
something for free there are those who cannot  resist.  That is where 
morality comes to play.  I only point out the  churches responsibility because that 
is supposedly where moral teaching takes  place as well as the home. Schools 
also have the responsibility to show societal  structure obligations and other 
organizations do as well.  
 
There are organizations that do not have a religious belief system in place  
but which have a developed sense of justice. Unfortunately not everyone is  
reached by any of the organizations mentioned except perhaps, the schools.
 
In the scenes depicted on TV there were many emotions evoked.  I think  that 
some of the scenes were sensational in nature and designed to stir the  
emotions of the comfortable who watched the happenings from many miles removed  from 
reality.
 
Skylander Jack