"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Still, I am a bit embarrassed by the reaction of American victims as
compared to the Thais, Indonesians, etc. at their recent catastrophe.

I'm not sure what you mean here. There was significant reporting of similar
opportunism with respect to the tsunami aftermath and relief efforts. If
anything, it's interesting how such supposedly widely different cultures
revert to the same basic human flaws when stressed in similar ways.

If anything, there were even worse violations of basic human rights during
the tsunami crisis, most likely just because of the more wide-spread
disruption.

Pete