Should people donate money to Japan?

But the Pokemon will die.

Yes, because I doubt the people that donated to Japan would donate to another country. The affects of Japan hit us emotionally, so more peopel feel inclined to donate. And there are still plenty of organizations that help the underdeveloped world, just because you help a country that was hit by a diaster doesn't mean that all other fund raising for other causes stops.

If you follow that logic you'll always find somebody worse off, and you'll never end up donating money to anybody.

One thing I believe about Japan is that they will truely benefit from the donations, and rebuild their country. I didn't feel the same about Hati, New Orleans, or Africa. Not to say this is true, but I feel that no matter how much money we throw at some problems they'll never get fixed.

If you have money available to donate, I say donate

We should because Japan is always willing to help other countries we they are in need

dont worry TC, im donating just as much money to haiti as i am to Japan

Yes. Japan is cool. They got anime.

But the Pokemon will die.

metroidprime55

Just donate to multiple countries.

Its not like you're required to choose only one.

I bought one of those dlc item on tf2 that aids the relief fund. win-win

everything is made in japan, nothing is made in haiti. logic. JPOBS

More like China but uh, yeah. Thing is, Japan is a successful country and Haiti will always be a wreck. Of course, you can TRY helping other countries but it's not going to go far.

if you want to rationalize it, then yes, Japan needs the money more that say Haiti. They contribute far more to the world, therefore getting Japan back on its feet is more worthwhile in the grand scheme of things.

with that said, why cant we send money and aid to both? And we have

If you have money available to donate, I say donate

solidruss

Yes, because a developed country needs help too. Or did the U.S. not need aid after Katrina?Theokhoth

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Yes, because a developed country needs help too. Or did the U.S. not need aid after Katrina?Memberino

Yes, because a developed country needs help too. Or did the U.S. not need aid after Katrina?Theokhoth

The US needs to realize that building a city below the natural water level isn't a good idea and that if they should do such a thing, maintaining the levees is extremely important. On the issue of Katrina the levee's were in a poor state. IMO the idea of daming water so you have a piece of land below sea-level and then proceeding to build a city there is obviously a bad idea and you're only asking for troubles in the future.

As far as Japan goes they may be a major country but what they've experienced is horrific and anyone who's suggesting that people shouldn't is an idiot. People will continue to support other countries via organizations that take ~20-30% of the money donated it for their own pockets. So why not support Japan? Wouldn't you appreciate government or major organizations helping in such a situation if it was you?

[QUOTE="Memberino"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Yes, because a developed country needs help too. Or did the U.S. not need aid after Katrina?Theokhoth

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But the Pokemon will die.

call_of_duty_10

You obviously have no soul.

I'll donate to Japan since it's not paralyzed by rampant corruption among it's leadership.

Haiti is still a **** for a reason. Lack of money isn't one of them.

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[QUOTE="metroidprime55"]

But the Pokemon will die.

metroidprime55

You obviously have no soul.

[QUOTE="Memberino"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"] I don't think you were watching the news very much after Katrina. Theokhoth

Sounds like an emergency response failure more than a financial issue the U.S. couldn't handle.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"][QUOTE="Memberino"] I did, the USA was was easily financially capable of relief and rebuilding efforts and seeing countries give aid to the US over a hurricane was absurd.coolbeans90

Sounds like an emergency response failure more than a financial issue the U.S. couldn't handle.

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[QUOTE="call_of_duty_10"] I wanted to donate,but after looking at that pic,I am not so sure. I want to kick that pikachu in the pic.

call_of_duty_10

You obviously have no soul.

It doesn't matter, how could you want to kick this?

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[QUOTE="Theokhoth"] People stuck on floating rooftops for days? Thousands crammed into the Superdome, resulting in nightmarish living conditions that lasted nearly a week? Any of this ringing a bell?Theokhoth

Sounds like an emergency response failure more than a financial issue the U.S. couldn't handle.

I'm not saying that foreign aid should be denied, just that foreign aid wouldn't fix the immediate problem, such as people on rooftops, when actual disaster relief mechanisms are faulty when an adequate amount of internal resources exist within the country itself. Now of course denying aid would be an asshat move, considering that people would have extensive amounts of damage done to their property. But just throwing money doesn't make FEMA more effective in the short run.

If you want to, I don't see why you shouldn't.

[QUOTE="solidruss"]

If you have money available to donate, I say donate

travisstaggs

People should most definitely donate. Japan is always willing to help out other countries in need, so we should return the favor.

But the Pokemon will die.

metroidprime55

Why not? Just because you donate to one country doesnt mean you can't send to another.

Sure, if they've got the money and want to do it, more power to them.

I, on the other hand, have my own problems.

Yes because i want moar video gamez

Japan is far more useful to us that Haiti, we should give them more money.

I don't know if its been brought up before or not, but I know a few people have mentioned it on tv or whatever, but should we really be giving a developed, advanced nation disaster relief money when there are still areas of the world where people are suffering much more and have such lower quality of life? I mean look at Haiti, they need the money much more than Japan but just because they're not in the news we don't donate. I personally don't see the point of donating to Japan's disaster relief fund (as much as I like Japan), we should have/should give money where its needed more.Memberino

OP has a point and im ok with it

It's up to people's opinions.

But personally, I donated because Japan's government isn't as messed up in terms of corruption when compared to 3rd world countries. The money you give will most likely end up in the pockets of shady officials if that was the case.