Petition for China Earthquake

**Hessah** · 07-14-2008, 01:49 AM

Yeah, people here hardly talked about it.. but I know in HK they ran a 20 hr straight event... no commercial, all the celebrities came out and sing/talk/perform to raise money for Sichuan... some of then even went to the actual place to help for a week...

I think the Olympic may bring their spirit up... something to be proud of as a Chinese....

I'm given the impression that many of the towns are in good spirit dispite the disaster... but they get their good spirit from knowing that people around the world is giving every bit of our effort to help them through...

**Maki** · 07-14-2008, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by Hessah

I'm given the impression that many of the towns are in good spirit dispite the disaster...

I never thought of it that way!
Thats good. I hope your right hessah

It seems the Olympics did help in a way..
but also slowed down the recovering phrase

Either way.. Keeping up a good spirit is essential when it comes to recovering from such a traumatic event

**Hessah** · 07-14-2008, 02:02 AM

Yeah well wat I've heard is...

Dispite some of them hving to sleep in a gym.. SOME of the better recovery sites, the people get tents...

Eventhough everything is bare, and basic, they appreciate every blanket, pen, paper, that they receive.. things that we pick up and take for granted...

so instead of dwelling on the sad stuff, they embrace wat they've got now, and try make the best of wat they've got.. which is important... every bit of help we give them, amplifies when they take it on with appreciation...

**Ivramire** · 07-14-2008, 02:06 AM

I don't see how they plan to shrug off the problems they've been having in time for the Olympics.

Especially when it seems like noones looking at the people who suffered in the natural disasters anymore (media)

Infrastructure and vital buildings/bodys of water were damaged or rendered unusable but still there's so many people living homeless, some only with the bare essentials. Others may not even have that.

**Loveless** · 07-14-2008, 02:13 AM

The olympics is a form of celebration. I don't see how they can celebrate when so many are homeless and many more grieving for their lost families.

If they have enough money to embed each and every medal with jade. I think they have more than enough to help those families in need.

**Hessah** · 07-14-2008, 02:59 AM

Well, it takes 4 years to get an olympics ready... I'm sure they couldn't revive the money they spent on the olympics for disaster recovery....

Plus... does that mean another country should hold the olympics? no other country will be ready for that in 3 months time... or cancel it altogether? Then that's unfair to all those atheletes that trained so hard for 4 years...

I would've thought that the victims would not want this national proud event to be moved/cancelled for something's that's no one's fault...

well that's what I hope they'll think anyway... I've seen many of their proud faces when the torch went through the country...

**Yosei** · 07-14-2008, 05:51 AM

The media seems to move so quick these days @.@ I mean, years later, the media still dwells over things like that little John Bennet Ramsey or Princess Diana. The "war" in Iraq, who wore what on the Oscars the night before. But then theres stuff like this going on, effecting regular everyday people.

**Ralath** · 07-14-2008, 05:54 AM

^That's actually not a coincidence.

Hard to do stories over it when the government is preventing reporters or news agencies to get close enough to do one.

**Maki** · 07-14-2008, 03:03 AM

Aiyo~

I guess... the Olympics did its good and bad deeds.
Apparently some families are really looking forward to something that can take their minds off the tragedy.
At the same time.. The Olympics are occupying the priorities of the chinese govenment

Hence the lack of aid

Either way, I don't promote brooding over their loss even if its a big one

I'm a fan of optimism

Ethelinde · 07-14-2008, 07:48 AM

I loved how China rushed aid to US when Katrina hit while Bush is still scrambling around... and how US is busy China-bashing like how they've Japan/Taiwan/Korea/etc. bashed when their economy was surging in the past. I guess people like Jack Cafferty is too busy worrying about lead poison from the "goons and thugs" to care about their suffering! Btw... to Hessah about the spirits... yeah it's an impressive sight... to see the unity in people... I duno how to describe it but whether it be the Olympics or the earthquake my heart felt warmed seeing all the people with one determined will...