Haitian Earthquake Analysis

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The Haitian Earthquake of 2010 was a tremendous tragedy, and it makes one wonder, why must the Earth be so Cruel? One might argue that its a law of life, and that theres nothing we can do about it. Pitts argues however, that people are just as cruel as the earth, the only differance being our disasters are man made.
Sometimes the earth is cruel, this is just a fact of life we will have to accept and keep moving on like we always do. The reaction from the people of Haiti is something that hopefully all people can look at and be inspired by. Pitts noted that in wake of a catastrophic event that literally and figuratively ripped their country in half the people of Haiti never once gave up. Rather than just giving up, and accepting their fate,

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