A Call for Darwinism

As many already know, Hurricane Ike has plowed through Galveston, TX like a bull through a china shop. Many were asked to leave, and for the sake of preventing traffic jams, people from Houston were asked not to evacuate simply so those in Galveston could safely evacuate. (As many from both cities evacuated for Hurricane Rita, many died on the jamed freeways via accident and everyone else was stuck in traffic jams for up to 30 hours). 250,000 people refused to leave Galveston and are now pleading for help, according to the latest msnbc.com coverage.

Now, the federal government is looking at spending hundreds of billions for repair and, part of that cost will likely go into rescue missions for those who were dumb enough to stay, even after the Weather service released a public announcement that those who stayed would face "certain death". I say let them. I apologize if this seems jaded and cynical, but (with acceptation to those who COULD not leave based on handicap, etc. as opposed to those who WOULD not leave) those who chose to stay should not qualify for federal aid for rescue. I believe that to stay after such a strong warning from federal and state agencies leads to a forfeiting of a victim's right to aid. As a tax payer, it pisses me off to have to pay for someone's poor judgement. Instead, rather than subsidizing idiocy, let those who lacked the intelligence to heed warning parish, I'm sure the gene pool would be better off anyway.