Reply #82: I am beyond outraged [View All]

[Spike from MN]

at the way the survivors in NO have been treated. I am white and I am positively LIVID at the way people have been treated. I would see an old black lady in a wheelchair that hadn't had water for three days and think "That could be MY mother." I would see an old black man asking for help and think "That could be MY dad." I may not be black but goddamnit I'm with you. I'm with you all the way. We just don't treat elders like that. It's just not right. It's not the way I was brought up.

As a person of Scandinavian heritage, I was also taught to not cry. (Or at least, that's the way it was in my family.) But I looked at how the old people, the young people, and everybody in between were treated and I couldn't take it. There is just NO EXCUSE for treating people that way. NONE WHATSOEVER. It absolutely infuriated me. "No dignity." That's a phrase you should NEVER have to hear from an elder. Unfortunately, he was only being honest.

I am 100% with you that the people responsible for this must be held accountable. There is just no excuse for what they have done.