tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post6987772390441572737..comments2024-02-19T04:50:58.170-08:00Comments on Shuck and Jive: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Sends $209 ThousandJohn Shuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-77246623860762941742010-01-20T20:33:28.814-08:002010-01-20T20:33:28.814-08:00I know! Don't get me started!I know! Don't get me started!Snadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055786911610974637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-45263167308164871762010-01-20T18:40:04.695-08:002010-01-20T18:40:04.695-08:00"Fear of violence?" For teh sake of bab..."Fear of violence?" For teh sake of baby jeebus we have 12,000 troops over there now. The US is occupying the place! Who is going to do any violence to them, hungry people covered with rubble? <br /><br />Medicine, doctors, generators, food, water--that is what is needed.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-19079275726671039082010-01-20T18:18:23.263-08:002010-01-20T18:18:23.263-08:00One thing I keep hearing is that relief efforts ar...One thing I keep hearing is that relief efforts are being stymied by the "fear of violence" - not violence, just the fear of it. Even US troops are hesitant to go in earnest with relief efforts, equipment, food, etc. However, based on what people on the ground there are saying, there is little or no violence. The looting that seems to get front page news is no more than desperate people trying to survive.<br /><br />We need to urge our government and ALL relief agencies to not give in to the fear of "what ifs". The "What is's" are a far greater threat to the people who are there right now.Snadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055786911610974637noreply@blogger.com