Earthquake backlash

Remember I said at the end of my Sichuan Earthquake page that some people are taking the opportunity to say that the Chinese deserved to get hit?

Examples here and here.

I do acknowledge that there were structural faults with the schools that fell down. I do think that rampant corruption is that giant elephant in the room that no one talks about in China. I think a lot of things, and most of them got shouted out when I was with friends, discussing the tragedy.

Does that really justify other people saying, oh, you were mean to the Tibetans, you deserved it?

Really?

So you think that karma/God/whatever you choose killed 60000, most of them children and many Tibetan themselves, to illustrate a point?

Fine. But I don’t drink stupid potion for breakfast, sorry.

Sevenses