[Crowbob]

I don't think Snipe is making a moral judgement. He is making an amoral judgement. He is taking morality completely out of his judgement. I think Snipe is saying nature is by definition amoral, the human condition (including the Hatian situation) is part of nature so this Haitian tragedy is natural and amoral. Being natural and amoral, it cannot be stopped nor prevented by moral intervention. Snipe said he does not have a problem with individuals acting on their own morality by giving aid ($ or otherwise, I think). However, he disagrees, thinking it futile, and thus is angry that the government is forcing it's morality on him by using his tax dollars in a futile effort to thwart nature. Not only does Snipe believe it will unsuccessfully thwart nature, but that it actually exacerbates the misery. He has a point. The difficulty I have is that I believe man can be separated from nature simply because man is moral and has the capacity for compassion. My problem is further complicated by government's apparently haphazard intrusions into morality bordering on fascism. Is this a fair assessment of your position, Snipe?