this is fantastic now children in Puerto Rico wont be able to receive the education they deserve thanks to their messed up government
Its even worse than that. I’m living through it. Not only are schools closing, hospitals are collapsing. Only around 9% of the island has electricity and it comes and goes at times.
People are dying in hospitals because of lack of diesel for the generators, a lot of the water is now infected, there are disease outbreaks and scareceness of food. I am safe, but many are not.
Some have water, others don’t. We need help. Sending money would be helpful but what would help even more would be sending water filters, filtering water bottles, food, medicine, if somehow possible diesel.
All of you reblogging this news helps, but what we need is physical help. If you can’t, then spread the word, but God if you can send supplies… Please… PLEASE do. We are dying. Help us, help us save ourselves. Help us save our people. Help us save out ISLAND.
If you’re not in a position to ship or transport useful items to the island (which is sure as heck the case for me in New Zealand) then the best thing you can do is give money to a reputable relief organisation operating in the area.
You know, every time Puerto Rico comes up I’m reminded of a comment my dad made in a discussion about it, in response to someone claiming that the PR situation is terrible but oh well, what can we do? They’re SO far away after all and the logistic problems are SO hard.
He said, “When the Soviets blockaded the city of Berlin in 1948, America flew in to West Berlin enough supplies to keep the city going by airdrop for over a year. Puerto Rico today isn’t much bigger than Berlin was then, and America has grown immensely in wealth and power since that day. The problem isn’t lack of resources, it’s lack of will.”
Nothing about what’s happening to Puerto Rico (and still happening) is inevitable in any way. This is deliberate. Don’t forget it.
HEY EVA YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO COME FOR MY LIFE LIKE THIS.
But it’s true. He waits for Vader to come to him. He deliberately gives ground. He meets Vader’s attacks, parries them expertly, but does not move towards the offensive. He lets Vader expend all that energy to attack and attack and attack.
I love the idea that Obi-Wan developed this style after TPM because he never really needed to be on the defensive before, his fighting partner was a very skilled Jedi Master who obviously could do well for himself. So why the change? Ataru clearly wasn’t a problem, given that it defeated Maul and cut him in half.
But you know what does change? Anakin is there. Anakin who doesn’t have the training another Jedi would have. Anakin who is going to need so much protection. Anakin who is so aggressive that he needs someone to complement him–and that’s what Obi-Wan became. The counterbalance to Anakin’s fighting style, that they worked so well as a team because Obi-Wan was always there to protect Anakin with a more defensive style, to fit their styles together in a way that benefited this person he loved so much.
It’s not that Obi-Wan’s not good at other styles (we see him be aggressive when he needs to be, we see him dual wielding, and he’s pretty damn incredible at them), but that it was a good counter to Anakin’s style, to be the more patient style, to be the defense that Anakin wouldn’t have wanted to develop as much as his offense, to outlast even Anakin’s tremendous skill and power with the Force.
And he’s still doing it here. Defensive fighting against Anakin and even when he’s old and tired and sad, Obi-Wan can still stand up against a monster like Vader. And he still doesn’t want to attack–Vader may not be the person he loved, but he cannot think of anything but Anakin when he looks at him. He tried to strike Anakin down once and couldn’t bear to do it, not even to be merciful, not even when it was deserved after all Anakin had done. God knows Obi-Wan can’t do it now, either.
I'd Much Rather Have a Dragon 