Monday 15 November 2010

HAITI

Not much is going well for Haiti these days. A massive earthquake, then tropical storms, and now cholera. Apparently almost 1,000 people have already died of the disease, a figure which will undoubtedly rise.

Yet in many ways the worst thing for the country must be the rest of the world's indifference. I got the 1,000 people figure from the main Danish evening news, where it was the fourth item to be read out. The top story was the state of children's lunchboxes in kindergartens, which shows where people's priorities lie.

Walter Blotscher
Posted by Walter Blotscher at 22:35

1 comment:

  1. Michael16 November 2010 at 07:56

    I suppose there is little to be gained by fretting about stuff one can do nothing about. Haiti is as Haiti was but in the days of Papa Doc one had to read the fiction of Grahman Greene to learn about it.

    Haiti is not likely to be a bigger priority for a mother than their childrens food in any country.

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