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Friend in NJ was able to find gas to make the trip to visit the wife and baby who are in PA staying with her parents until the power is restored. No timetable has even been projected.
I have seen lots of personal responsibility following the storm. Judging by the comments on this thread, and personal stories I have heard elsewhere from people in Rockaway. Most people are taking personal responsibility...neighbors helping neighbors, family taking relatives in...The damage is done; people ARE picking up their lives WITH the help of others; people serving others in need. Shoveling mud out of basements, checking on elderly people who were unable to leave, laying out warm clothes to dry (not washing and drying because they have no power and no water), and food trucks serving free hot meals to workers and residents who have otherwise been living on those canned goods that they took personal responsibility for and stocked up on before the storm hit...ngnrd - PE said:Two words for the people that are affected by SuperStorm Sandy.
1. Personal
2. Responsibility
According to what or whom?It is your personal responsibility to help others in need...
yup. No "responsibility" to help others in need. You might want to classify it as a "moral obligation", but again you're not "obliged" to do anything. Just ask all the a$$hats that don't.According to what or whom?It is your personal responsibility to help others in need...
I think MA kinda summed it up.... some people feel like it's their personal responsibility to help the unfortunate, others will look down on them and blame them for their own misfortunes and then there are the people who just ignore things and feel like it's 'not their problem'. It's going to depend on the individuals morals and how they feel.ngnrd - PE said:I think you're confusing personal responsibility for something else... community service, maybe?I have seen lots of personal responsibility following the storm.
Not to mention pointless and a sign of either poor judgment or poor character.How every you feel or whatever your morals, I still say, it's not nice to rub salt into the open wounds of others... it's actually, kinda just mean.
You know, it wasn't all that long ago that we provided those ourselves too. I still know plenty of folks on wells and septic tanks.Depending on your take, there are 5 basic human needs. Water, Food, Energy, Shelter and Security. In today's society, we expect our government to provide the security, and our infrastructure to provide the water and energy. Our homes provide shelter and we buy food.
Poor raisins how my grandparents would have described it. Society has changed, and not for the better. You see it a lot more frequently, and , frankly, the media promotes it.Not to mention pointless and a sign of either poor judgment or poor character.How every you feel or whatever your morals, I still say, it's not nice to rub salt into the open wounds of others... it's actually, kinda just mean.
Southerner speak is too cute!Poor raisins how my grandparents would have described it.
+1yup. No "responsibility" to help others in need. You might want to classify it as a "moral obligation", but again you're not "obliged" to do anything. Just ask all the a$$hats that don't.According to what or whom?It is your personal responsibility to help others in need...
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