Event Title
What Does Pakistan Have to Do with Haiti?
Description
In the same year, 2010, Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake and Pakistan suffered horrific floods leaving some two million people homeless and 20% of the country under water. Human suffering is human suffering, wherever it happens. The earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan were natural disasters, but they didn't happen in a geopolitical vacuum. If Haiti meets our need to have someone to pity, Pakistan fulfills our need to have someone or something to fear. Fear, pity, and contempt are easy, self-indulgent emotions. Much more demanding is to cultivate and practice respect and work for justice.
About the Lecturer: Ethan Casey, veteran international journalist, editor, and author
Document Type
Event
Start Date
10-4-2013 12:00 PM
End Date
10-4-2013 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Earthquakes--Haiti; Floods--Pakistan; Humanitarian assistance--Haiti; Humanitarian assistance--Pakistan; Homeless persons--Haiti; Homeless persons--Pakistan
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Human suffering, Natural disasters, Haiti, Pakistan
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
What Does Pakistan Have to Do with Haiti?
Fairhaven College Auditorium
In the same year, 2010, Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake and Pakistan suffered horrific floods leaving some two million people homeless and 20% of the country under water. Human suffering is human suffering, wherever it happens. The earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan were natural disasters, but they didn't happen in a geopolitical vacuum. If Haiti meets our need to have someone to pity, Pakistan fulfills our need to have someone or something to fear. Fear, pity, and contempt are easy, self-indulgent emotions. Much more demanding is to cultivate and practice respect and work for justice.
About the Lecturer: Ethan Casey, veteran international journalist, editor, and author