The “news” industry has moved on; the real rescue operation has yet to begin, and the suffering grows ever more intense.

@dpworkin The “news” industry is this where most people get there sources of information?

Who-ti?

Oh yeah, didn’t they . . . Have something happen? Recently?

@drhat77 LOL

@dpworkin I was thinking once the media stops covering people will forget and all those dollars and people donating water,food,etc….will also surely go down yea?

Yes you’re right but people can only watch so much of the same disaster porn before they need to move on to the next sensation. Nature of the herd.

I know what it means man.

People need to get there new fix, I wonder what will be next???

How much of a hypocrite can people be before they realize what there own helping is an addiction?

@disaster_porn I happened to have the link in my clipboard from a recent post on fluther, so I couldn’t resist the urge. No offense meant.

Yes, at least I have. But then, I gave my money to the Red Cross, and that’s enough for me. I’ve spent enough time writing letters to my representatives about Haiti’s political situation and our involvement long before there was an earthquake. I’m certainly not going to dump endless amounts of money into a corrupt cesspool supported by the U.S. military so that it can all be funneled to the usual bunch of cronies. It would really be nice if there were some real focus on Haiti’s problems, but the earthquake probably only served as a further distraction from the issues that already existed and continue to exist in Haiti. Not that I’m an expert.

I think my future strategy will be to make a regular donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund and ignore all future natural disaster events.

@Snarp Sad but true…...from since I can remember I seen commercials of make donations to homeless or hungry kids in Africa or something.

After awhile I think what gives are they fucking doin anything?Where is the progress? Where is the real difference?

@drhat77 Its cool :)

I had until I read this question…

Nah.

I was supposed to go to a Haiti relief fundraiser just yesterday. I had unexpected houseguests, so I missed it… I hear it was a rousing success, though.

What do you mean ‘how much more time should we give it’ – do you have other pressing concerns?

Chili overrode that one.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir I meant how much more time before people will forget it for good or the mass majority. Not me personally.

@RandomMrdan Glad I did buddy.

As I stated before, we are desensitized as a defense mechanism. The very nature of the images of human suffering are soaked into our brains everywhere we look. We reach a saturation point and become inured. That’s how we can watch the news at dinner and still eat: “Oh, that’s so sad, pass the potatoes please.”
We can only hold so much information in our heads at a time. And for those of us who have already made our contributions, well, we’ve done our best haven’t we? There are new disasters happening all the time, and none of us has the resources to save the world. We can only try to make it a little better, unless we’re willing to dedicate our lives to something intangible and largely unattainable. We can make a dent, and that’s about it.
Most of us learn to live with it.
This is the second time I’m referencing the bible today. When Judas was bitching about the girl using her expensive oils on Jesus, rather than selling it and donating the proceeds to the poor, Jesus jumped all over him and told him “We don’t have the resources to save the poor from their lot. Look at the good tings you have and enoy them while you can.” (Paraphrased)

@Trillian Well said.

Now I’m going to have Jesus Christ Superstar stuck in my head all day also. The line as used in the musical is “Surely you’re not saying we have the resources to save the poor from their lot. Their will be poor always, pathetically struggling. Look at the good things you’ve got.” But that’s probably a paraphrase too.

@Snarp actually, that’s how I remembered it. I should have known that there would be those here that remembered that fabulous musical. The dance for Simon Zealot’s song remains an all-time favorite. But yes, I also know that the score is pretty much word for word from one of the gospels.

@Trillian I had a lot of bible education, read a lot of the bible, especially the gospels, but I always remember the Superstar version better. It’s like Schoolhouse Rock, everyone my age knows the preamble to the constitution by heart as long as they can sing it.

@Snarp I can still sing all the words to “interjections!”

Conjunction Junction – what’s your fun-ction!

People in the US are controlled by the media. If the media gives up on worrying on Haiti, so does the majority of the people in the US.

@Seek_Kolinahr And, of course, “Today I am still just a bill!”

My favorite is “Interplanet Janet she’s a galaxy girl, so solar system ms. from a future world.”

Let’s get together and watch them! We can have School House Rock Karaoke!

@Trillian I have them all on DVD.

@Snarp @Trillian

Who are you what have you sacrificed?
Do you think you’re what they say you are?

OMFG I’m so in on Karaoke Night.

Amazing how quickly we got side-tracked from Haiti to Jesus Christ Super Star and School House Rock. The irony is positively magnetizing.

Not sidetracked. JC Superstar directly relates to the Haiti predicament.

@davidbetterman
Not sidetracked. JC Superstar directly relates to the Haiti predicament [citation needed]

Things aren’t better there. I was in Port-au-Prince not too long ago. They’re so poor, there’s STILL destruction from the earthquake evident there. Thousands of people are living in tent camps, with hardly any food, no clean water, and no medical treatment. They’ll most likely die there since they don’t have any money to go anywhere else, and probably never will. It’s so awful…