HappySqurriel said:
I think the reaction among most Americans to Hurricane Katrina is drastically different to their reaction to 9/11; and this is primarily because of the actual differences in these events. For the most part 9/11 is seen as the mass murder of innocent people and the heroes who tried to save them, and Hurricane Katrina is seen as a natural disaster that killed people who refused good advice to evacuate. Beyond that, in the wake of both incidents you can see a massive difference in the public’s perceptions of these events; and I think it is fair to say that the public perception towards 9/11 doesn’t really see the president (or government in general) as being at fault, while people definitely thought that all levels of government were at fault for Hurricane Katrina.
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So you are saying the 9/11 comparison has more in common? What with limited government influence, and a huge problem created by people generally disregarding the welfare of other people? Still you seem to avoid the central point. You talk in large, vague generalities rather than specifics. The people in this thread have expressed disdain because there was a loss of life involved. Both events hold that in common.
On the evacuation angle though I would like to state one thing for the record. It was less"chose not to evacuate" and more "couldn't evacuate." The largest failing was to provide an evacuation route for those too poor to actually get anywhere else. A situation I am intimately familiar with.
