Franko:
I understand cynicism of humanity, and there's a lot of reason for it in general. But the truth is there's a sound reason for the human apathy you describe. There is only so much one CAN care about and dedicate resources to for an extended time. If you tried to be sympathetic to every disaster until it was reasonably resolved, nevermind every war, famine, etc., you'd go mad. To say nothing of being drained of all resources; i.e. money, effort, time, etc., in a short time. The fact is, it is not very practical to directly contribute on an individual basis.
But we are not helpless to do anything. We certainly can contribute collectively, as members of our individual countries, with our "small" specialized contributions. This adds up to a most significant national effort that can assist victims, and would not be possible without every individual aggregate contribution to support it. For instance, the U.S. 7th fleet, with their heavy lift capacity, is on their way to assist Japan. That there isn't much we can do as individuals doesn't mean we don't care or have any sympathy.
Ok then... party pooper... 
Point is we like to think we care about what ills befall others in this world and pacify our guilty feeling by commenting on it and making a donation to the latest relief effort...
But at the end of the day if we're really honest, unless it affects you or me directly then we don't really care about what happens to others whom we don't know or have ever met...
The proof of this is what are you doing right now as you sit on this forum typing your post and reading stuff about the Amiga and basically leading our lifes as we normally do...
Human beings are the most selfish creatures on the planet and nothing will ever change that so now that you've said your piece and made yourself feel a little better, then get on with life and stop pretending that anything you or I say here will make a difference...
