From my understanding after speaking to someone in game that is from Japan...
1) Power conservation is the objective here. If shutting down these servers means someone else can have some lights and a generator can get some extra juice for hospitals and shelters then shut the servers down and leave them down for a month. People here are not paying for anything and this is not a matter of economic entitlement.
2) If people can't find a way to use that thing that beats in their chest for more than worrying about their game time on FFXIV then they should have that organ removed and see how they feel about suffering.
3) Someone mentioned Libya...really? Japan did not declare war on the ocean or the land. Japan is not attempting to remove the ocean or the land from power or attempting to subdue the either of them. This is a natural disaster not a civil war. One is a man made event that can be stopped by one side or the other conceding. The other is an event that happened that was not asked for or antagonized. The suffering may be equal but the cause, effect and chance for mercy or compassion are far different.
Mort