Yes we are an over sympathetic society. Look at the mess we help maintain in our backyard.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...news-americas/?GT1=43001


When all we do is give give give then all they learn to do is take take take and they won't climb out of the shithole they are in. It's sad, but now we are going to go in the Haiti and give them support (which in this instance we should), but in the long term we are better off setting up an embargo around the island and stop all humanitarian aid and only allow commercial goods in and out. They need to figure out how to survive without somebody coming to save them every time there is a problem. It's a horrible thought, but it might be the only way to uplift them.

The same needs to be done with children. When they fail a grade they need to fail it. When we reduce standards so everybody can pass then eventually we are going to be irrigating fields with Gatorade.