So basically Japan has no poor people? There are people affected in Japan that are just as devastated as those in Katrina and Haiti. The towns they grew up in were swept away, their lives and belongings destroyed. Their family members died horrific deaths. What happened in Katrina and Haiti is normal -- Chaotic anarchistic mob mentality.
I'm not saying any of the cultures are better than the other, or judging anyone I don't know. I could never say that. People are swayed by their surroundings. (save for the gangs formed in Haiti who decided to rape everyone after dusk. People who do that are unforgivable.)
I'm simply in awe of people who, after going through that, are able to keep it together enough to wait in lines wrapping around blocks for supermarkets to open to get food. It's possibly more self restraint than I'd have in the same situation.
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