28th January 2008, 8:30 PM
You're looking at this from the mindset of an outsider looking in, they even admit themselves that it's a foolish thing to do. But lava doesn't just go away overnight. It takes years for the ground to actually be useful again, if it ever actually will be. The country wasn't just covered in ash, the whole valley was filled with magma. It actually would probably never be usuable again.
Not to mention that they don't have anywhere to live and they don't have any food. So where are they going to go? They might try to make it to another country, but what are the odds that they'll be welcomed? Probably not too good.
And we're not dealing with a portion of a wealthy country with cities near the disaster area that are ready and willing to take in hundreds or thousands of people on short notice. There's no National Guard to come in and help out, there's no Red Cross to bring in food and water. They'd have months and years of hardship and pain to look forward to if they left. It was their country, the only one they knew, so they decided to go along with it.
Of course its ridiculous. You have two sides that refuse to budge an inch and yet they keep fighting as if doing so will somehow eventually lead to some sort of surrender by the other side, not unlike any given debate on the internet. Neither side is willing to give up anything so neither of them have any peace.
Not to mention that they don't have anywhere to live and they don't have any food. So where are they going to go? They might try to make it to another country, but what are the odds that they'll be welcomed? Probably not too good.
And we're not dealing with a portion of a wealthy country with cities near the disaster area that are ready and willing to take in hundreds or thousands of people on short notice. There's no National Guard to come in and help out, there's no Red Cross to bring in food and water. They'd have months and years of hardship and pain to look forward to if they left. It was their country, the only one they knew, so they decided to go along with it.
Quote:It's not ridiculous. Land has meaning to people just like anything else does, and that land has great meaning to both groups... it's really too bad that this has led to so much war, but it is understandable given that two groups both want the same land, and for long-time reasons that are not new or going to change anytime soon.
Of course its ridiculous. You have two sides that refuse to budge an inch and yet they keep fighting as if doing so will somehow eventually lead to some sort of surrender by the other side, not unlike any given debate on the internet. Neither side is willing to give up anything so neither of them have any peace.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.