So this is slightly off topic from my normal posts, but i wanted to touch on what has been happening recently in northern Japan. Before our plans to go to India were final, Vaughn and i were actually planning on going to Japan instead, and I am incredibly thankful that I am writing this in an internet cafe in Chennai, and not frantically writing it in Tokyo.
I am constantly driving Vaughn mental by wanting to watch the news updates in our hotel. However, i am incredibly disappointed in the way India is reacting to the recent events. Most of the headlines are "25,000 Indians Stranded In Japan." while this is slightly understandable, it makes me realize that all we really care about is ourselves. I am disgusted that all India really cares about is their own citizens, when i can guarantee that most of them are sitting comfortably in Tokyo, maybe experiencing a couple aftershocks, when there are upwards of 1500 people are dead in Sendai, not to mention the thousands that are still missing.
And it's not just India... I can guess that Canada, and other countries are doing it as well. They are frantically trying to get their own citizens out of Japan, when they could be helping the people that are actually in danger.
We put our borders up, and even when our neighbors are in danger, we may throw a bit of money at them, but money isn't going to help the mother with the loss her son, or the numerous people that are sleeping in train stations without a home.
