Is this the way people would REALLY act?
Just asking.
Many movies like this show everyone pulling together to survive.
This is human nature gone berserk!
It depends a bit on the scale of the disaster, but mostly on the quality of the people themselves. Groups vary enormously in how they react to situations in which all external supports for moral behavior are removed. Look at how differently the Japanese and Haitians responded when their respective countries were ravaged by major earthquakes.
Closer to home, we can see how different groups handled the Katrina Crisis in Louisiana ten years ago. Traditional rural Whites were almost Japanese in the way they instantly pulled together to help each other, maintain order, and restore normal services. Meanwhile in New Orleans, the inner-city blacks acted, if anything, even worse than the Haitians did. In between these extremes were the responses of rural blacks and urban (non-traditional) Whites.
Excellent post. I wont even put my 2 cents in, it was done so well :)
shareYea none of that is true.But your're an example of how US media propaganda works.There was looting in Japan and natural disasters in US,Europe,etc.But Japan had less looting than you would see in other places because of social cohesion.Japanese police and news even reported looting. In US the culture is do what you want. But having lived in Japan you're more a representative of the group. If someone commits a crime then they pretty much ostracize the family.The flip side of that is there is blackmail and scams from people that threaten to report you for a false crime if you don't pay them compensation.You're not suppose to speak out on a lot of things and so forth. But if you're a foreigner they will go off on you.
But there will always be people that take advantage of disasters and people that help out. I lived in Louisiana near the Texas border during Katrina,Rita,etc.There were plenty of people that went down to problem areas and helped. Gave people that had their houses destroyed a place to stay. Even my family got things to send to people in disaster areas.But you also have people running scam funds,criminals,etc.Its like that everywhere.But the US justice report on New Orleans is 100% right. I've been down there and the most dangerous criminals are the law enforcement.They have had so many officers down there arrested for taking bribes,murder,drug trafficking,etc.
- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
Yep most definitely. Japanese media would strive to maintain their stoic national character. The American media would only show certain races in a good light.
shareWhat a load of white supremacist bullshit. Black people were being raped and killed by whites in NO, whites were also committing crimes along with black people. Police raping black women and shooting civilians on site.
Same thing happened in Houston, ws groups travel to disaster zones to rape and kill.