Where is Our Interest in a Poor Persons Dignity and Right to Life?
By: Randeep Ramesh – The Guardian The contrast between how the Western world viewed the fizzling-out of hurricanes Gustav and the flooding of the Indian state of Bihar should remind everybody why the poor world needs no lectures from the rich. Whereas the media rushed to cover Gustav, which has killed less than hundred in the Caribbean, the bursting of the bank of the River Kosti have been largely – respite aid agencies saying millions have been affected and thousands have lost their lives. History is part of the reason for the disparity in interest. The mere threat that Gustav was headed for the Louisiana coast, rekindled memories of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans – and the spectacle of the world’s richest nation in 2005 knee-deep in tragedy. Unable to get out. Then more than 1500 people were killed. Politically, Katrina’s disaster management revealed the Bush White House to be uncaring and incompetent – eliciting real anger from the press that had been hi
