Why do people forget that we are a community?

This is a good example of what i was talking about - compassion ending at the end of your driveway:

Richard Gibbs was disgusted by reports of looting in New Orleans and upset at the lack of attention hurricane victims in his state were getting.

“I say burn the bridges and let ’em all rot there,” he said. “We’re suffering over here too, but we’re not killing each other. We’ve got to help each other. We need gas and food and water and medical supplies.”

Gibbs and his wife, Holly, have been stuck at their flooded home in Gulfport just off the Biloxi River. Water comes up to the second floor, they are out of gasoline, and food supplies are running perilously low.

Until recently, they also had Holly’s 75-year-old father, who has a pacemaker and severe diabetes, with them. Finally they got an ambulance to take him to the airport so he could be airlifted to Lafayette, La., for medical help.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9190498/

So, he says that because he needs something, they should let everyone in Louisianna rot? Yet, louisianna is caring for his father!

This is crazy. We should not let arbitrary political borders interfere with out goodwill.

What are we coming to?