We look at utter devastation in northeastern Japan’s coastal region, after it was tossed about by a series of earthquakes punctuated by a mega-tsunami. We know this region is no stranger to either natural event, but these were abnormally powerful. Now we read that at least some citizens of northern Japan are desperate; that they are starting to flee from the bitter cold of late winter, and from the encroaching starvation of nature-ravaged civilization. We notice, too, that lack of both water & sanitation are growing problems in northeastern Japan, despite the best relief work of Japan’s military and some help from America’s navy. We reflect, however, on how Japan’s people are largely devoid of rioting, of looting, of ‘trashing’, and of similar base selfish behavior that we have come to expect (since Woodstock) from certain ‘entitled’ segments of American society.
