katrina

What is it in man that possesses him to loot, rob and rape and take advantage of the poor and needy during a catastrophe not unlike that of the great flood of yore? It struck me that this is akin to a preview of the apocalypse when there really will NOT be any help coming! Whether it be judgement upon the US for brokering the removal of Jewish settlers from the West Bank or if it was just another symptom of the end times, Katrina has really unveiled the dark side of human nature. Under that veneer of civility lies man's beast-like instinct to survive at all costs. Ultimately, God is the answer, but how many buy that as an answer in these uneasy times? Makes me wonder that after all the teaching that I can do in a classroom for 24 months, if the kids will still pillage, steal and plunder in a situation like this. Has education failed then?