"Thomas, the philosopher, waved his bandaged hand. He had a theory: "God's angry with New Orleans. It's an evil city. The worst school system anywhere. Rampant crime. Corrupt politicians. Here, baby, have a potato chip for daddy."
The 2-year-old, Qadriyyah, took a chip from her daddy and gobbled it up. Her face was covered with mosquito bites. But she smiled just to be in daddy's arms.
Thomas continued: "A predominantly black city -- and they're killing each other. God had to get their attention with a calamity. New Orleans ain't seen an earthquake yet. You can get away from a hurricane but not an earthquake. Next time, nobody may get out."" - The Washington PostI can see how some of you might find it hard to believe that a city could collapse into such base behavior in a time of disaster and the need for helping one another. Some of you don't know much more about New Orleans than that it is home to Jazz and good food. As bad as New Orleans is now, it was a pretty bad city before as well. I'm not talking about the floodwaters, I'm talking about the people that live there. Had Atlanta or Jacksonville or Birmingham or any other large Southern city seen disaster on an equivelent scale as what New Orleans had seen, I'm sure you would have your looting, but the overall attitude of the people would be quite different.
New Orleans was a beautiful city with lots of culture. I'm just saying I'm not surprised at the events of the last few days.
