the wrong end of the telescope

It's okay, I understood you well. I also didn't mean to come across like Haiti is entitled to aid, either. It's something that I've noticed often throughout the course of natural disasters -- the struggle to understand the devestation, the loss, the grief -- but the quickness we tend to "move on" from it. This can also be said about most major historical events, say for example, the Iran elections last year. This is inevitable and I'm not particularly putting anyone at fault, it just sucks when it hits way too close to home.

I think you explained yourself well, and hopefully I did, too. I'm really tired! /o\