BBC - Australia Bush Fires

The awful images we see are akin to a third world country suffering from violence and war and crisis and self destruction.

DRCongo. Iraq. Afghanistan. Liberia. Lebanon. Kenya. And many others have travelled this path.

And now Australia looking very much like a third world nation needing help from the watching world.

Burned out car wrecks.
Women crying. Dead bodies. Children fearing.
Land devestated as if by atomic bomb.
Smouldering crushed homes & businesses.
Perished dreams.
Extinguished hopes.
Demoralised people.

Yes you will recover.
You must.

But forever you will know you are now only one step from the ghastly third world image that you scornfully claim other nations to be. And the witnessing world will also know such things, as they have always done, that your country is at all times but one small tread from humiliation. No better than the rest of us. Perhaps even worse as you are not yet hardened to the reality of large scale disaster.

Learn from this event the consequences of your HUBRIS and never imagine again that your nation occupies a glorified position of untouchability by disasters, natural or man made.

The ugly images broadcast to the world of Australia and its recent events must surely now give you pause to sit in quiet introspection as you assess how your behaviours have upset your own people so much that they would seek to turn on you and set such fires upon you deliberately.
And then once you have considered your national behaviour, think also of the world beyond your borders, and how you have treated the people who now witness your nightmare.
Australia must make changes.

But instead you will make defensive counter claims and excuses.
And denials.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Australia
• bush
• fires
• dead
• displaced
• murder
• sydney
• melbourne
• victoria
• new
• south
• wales

[Gunapithesunrose]

"only one step from the ghastly third world image" AHHHHH... okay. Australia is the same size as mainland america. I live just ovre the boarder from Victoria but my state still looked like a normal developed country. As for the "that your nation occupies a glorified position of untouchability by disasters, natural or man made" bit, Australia has some of the best emergency organisations in the world but there's no way to stop a firestorm when it get out of control. Every Aussie knows that.

[yellayute]

SylviefuckenKloot , pull your head in girlie before someone smacks it off your shoulders.You are quite a moron.Shit for brains.

[Cosmik82]

Australia is without doubt one of the most livable countries on earth. As far as you can get from "3rd world"

[CyeOutsider]

@Stalinsurfstheweb - it doesn't. It says that the scenes witnessed are "akin" to disasters you'd see in the thrid world. Not the same thing.

[Stalinsurfstheweb]

Why does the description say Australia is a "third world country"?

[shadyhaze2013]

SylvieKloot - I live in a bushfire prone area, my father and his brother fought in the second worse fire in Australia's history (Ash Wednesday, Feb 1983), many mates and myself are proud members of the CFA, one of the world's largest volunteer based firefighting organisations. How about I put you up for three month's during the summer and you can find out how rough this land can really be, and maybe you will find out why Aussie's are so tough and don't take your bullshit!

[daniellekiwi13]

@Pig560 you're a disgrace

[irishgodfatherchris]

@Pig560 thats low

[chicane2k]

you have got to be the biggest wanker on the internet. australia & new zealand are the 2nd and 3rd highest developed nations in the world - look up wikipedia "developed nations" you fucking moron - 2nd highest developed nation in the world. where does your shithole rank? india? pakistan? we are better than you in every way sweetheart.

[Pig560]

an rsetralian was shagging a kangaroo in a bush wen the fire started

[jaydub73]

SylvieKloot - you are talking pure and unadulterated bullshit, what is wrong with you?!

[jaydub73]

SylvieKloot - you are speaking pure bullshit