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Originally Posted by kouichisan
You're missing the point. It doesn't matter about who the government is, or what country it is. It's humanitarian effort to help VICTIMS of natural disasters anywhere in the world. Charities don't operate often in countries like this because most of the time it isn't so serious and the government has the ability to resolve it themselves.
If it was a minor earthquake then I wouldn't bother encouraging people, but the fact is an entire city has been wiped out in a matter of minutes, and there are THOUSANDS of people missing. That is a 'disaster', if that isn't then what is?. It is about helping PEOPLE recover not giving to the government.
Yeah there are other countries that do deserve an equal amount of effort, nobody is saying people shouldnt give to them either. The Red Cross operates most of the time in those areas anyway, I even donated to the Red Cross operating in Libya myself at the same time I donated to Japan. I'm sure other people would do the same.
Everyone has the freedom to choose where their donation goes, those charity websites even give people the choice on what projects their money will go toward.
Don't turn a humanitarian discussion into a political one, thank you.
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But it IS a political one and it DOES matter which country the disaster was in as obviously different places have different resources available to them.
The Japanese government have the ability, the economy and the means to help their citizens out WITHOUT charity.
These people may have lost their homes but they live in a rich country which no doubt has the means to build new ones.