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Reply #21: Ah, the smugness of self-righteousness! Look, life goes on, even when there's tragedy. [View All]

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Mon Jan-18-10 05:22 PM
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21. Ah, the smugness of self-righteousness! Look, life goes on, even when there's tragedy.

As others have posted, there were surely Haitians nearby with businesses that rely on the tourists. I doubt that they stopped their business in some kind of smug "solidarity" with the suffering.

It's a difficult emotional thing, yes; but we up here in the states haven't stopped our normal lives just because of Haiti; why should we expect others to do so just because they're closer?

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