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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (108303)	9/10/2005 2:48:10 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

i hope this country does something to recognize all the those who helped in these rescues.. some type of national ceremony air on tv etc.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (108303)	9/10/2005 11:14:18 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

It is really natural to want to go back to where you're from, even if it has been destroyed. People living on rooftops, floating in water, living in the Superdome, etc. are mentally fragile and in a state of shock, probably. Having to adapt to fairly long-term group living conditions in a strange culture in the midst of all that psychological trauma is difficult. Most of the refugees have wanted to stay in the south--that is where they are from. I suspect from the tone of several posts here that what people are really writing is quite racist and classist--that these poor people who have lost utterly everything just want to get the government money, like they are ripoff artists or something. No, that is not it (and $2000 is a pathetically small amount of money anyway). They just want to go home. These aren't beggars who created a crisis so they could put their hands out. They are disaster victims. Most of them were not looters, most of them have families and are very hard workers. I think it is important to treat them with dignity and not lump everyone into the very small group that is behaving badly.