tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post112627791325698281..comments2024-03-24T11:30:08.199-07:00Comments on Can you believe?: Fairness and impeachmentJohan Maurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-1126462490187323712005-09-11T11:14:00.000-07:002005-09-11T11:14:00.000-07:00This tragedy illustrates the reality of the fault ...This tragedy illustrates the reality of the fault lines of class and race remaining in America today. Before the storm hit, the order to evacuate came. However, no provisions at all were made to evacuate those who did not own their own transportation and who could not afford to purchase lodging.<BR/><BR/>The arrangements eventually made for buses to evacuate residents and for shelters to accommodate large numbers could have been made prior to the storm, since there were 5 days advance notice. But there is no indication it was even considered.<BR/><BR/>At a minimum, arrangements could have been made to make the Superdome and the Convention Center more livable in the absence of utilities.<BR/><BR/>However, as usual, the poor -largely minorities - were afterthoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-1126407937354039052005-09-10T20:05:00.000-07:002005-09-10T20:05:00.000-07:00God made our "good" creation, in which death, dest...God made our "good" creation, in which death, destruction, and cruelty happen. As I (and others) said somewhere else after the December tsunami, each person dies only once, whether alone or along with many others simultaneously. I'm far less fearful of death, my own or others', than I am of cruelty. But in either case, death or cruelty, I rely on God's promise not to leave us alone, ever.<BR/><BR/>We never need to come to a full understanding of catastrophe to make a decision for compassion, for life, in its awful aftermath.<BR/><BR/>You use the word "repent" -- one of my favorite words, a far deeper and more humane concept than it's sometimes given credit for.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your thoughtful comment.Johan Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-1126375739479608452005-09-10T11:08:00.000-07:002005-09-10T11:08:00.000-07:00One element of my personal theology is the belief ...One element of my personal theology is the belief that God does not make things happen, either the good or the bad in life, but it is by the grace of God that we are able to learn from what happens. For example, to find meaning and instruction in amoral acts of nature, to repent of our failures to act with our full capacity for love, and to renew our commitment to "do the right thing," as we understand what that is - by the grace of God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com