That is just...
This hurricane sure has brought out the best in people, hm? I saw these pictures on another forum...incredible.
Hurricane Thread
Sorry, drinking water.
yeahp, of course i shed a tear in the same way i shed a tear for the millions dying of starvation or malaria in Africa or the dozens of thousands dying in Iraq. That's the way i am. For me they are all people.
As for living in an area that they knew it could flood, i live about 2-3 miles from the San Andreas fault and so do millions of others. A 7.9 caused terribly damage to Santa Cruz and Watsonville (meanwhile San Francisco got most of the publicity). The only difference is that Watsonville being a much smaller town the rescue was much easier than New Orleans.
yeahp, of course i shed a tear in the same way i shed a tear for the millions dying of starvation or malaria in Africa or the dozens of thousands dying in Iraq. That's the way i am. For me they are all people.
As for living in an area that they knew it could flood, i live about 2-3 miles from the San Andreas fault and so do millions of others. A 7.9 caused terribly damage to Santa Cruz and Watsonville (meanwhile San Francisco got most of the publicity). The only difference is that Watsonville being a much smaller town the rescue was much easier than New Orleans.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nati ... trina.htmlA giant new Wal-Mart in New Orleans was looted, and the entire gun collection was taken, The Times-Picayune reported. "There are gangs of armed men in the city moving around the city," said Ebbert, the city's homeland security chief. Also, looters tried to break into Children's Hospital, the governor's office said.
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I realise that - they're also from different sources. In a sense it's irrelevent wher the food actually did come from.Matrix wrote:As with everything, eports are only as accurate as the people who write them. All I see are 2 photos and zero proof of where either armful of food came from.
I'm not naive enough to think that all reporting is unbiased, but it's just that shoved together like that, it's so blatent.
Sorry, you'll have to explain. Having been born and raised in Africa i'm not familiar with American comics (we got the European ones down there)Rambozo wrote:PFVA wrote:yeahp, of course i shed a tear in the same way i shed a tear for the millions dying of starvation or malaria in Africa or the dozens of thousands dying in Iraq. That's the way i am. For me they are all people.
http://www.turner.com/planet/static/captain.htmlPFVA wrote:Sorry, you'll have to explain. Having been born and raised in Africa i'm not familiar with American comics (we got the European ones down there)
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Chavs mean nothing to me, I'm not from the UK at all. I'm a Canadian living in California (so maybe you can draw some other analogy).Rambozo wrote:the2bears wrote:What's your problem 'Bozo? Grow up you stupid little shit.
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Imagine a thousand chavs were having a rave or somesuch in a house they all know to have a faulty floor. Said floor gives way, and they all plummet to their deaths.
Are you going to tell me you'd shed a tear for them?
For the sake of your current credibility you might claim to, but we both know you'd consider the UK better off for it. That's because chavs are relevent to you, as they are a local annoyance that you cannot simply ignore or avoid.
But feel free to make a generalization about the people in New Orleans. Lump them all into one basket that you don't mind seeing washed away. Then laugh at it.
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The Children's Hospital i'm not surprised. It would be a place to find water (the drinking kind) and food. As for the WalMart maybe in the future Louisiana will think of telling them not to sell guns. WalMart here was told so, and complied.Orava wrote:A giant new Wal-Mart in New Orleans was looted, and the entire gun collection was taken, The Times-Picayune reported. "There are gangs of armed men in the city moving around the city," said Ebbert, the city's homeland security chief. Also, looters tried to break into Children's Hospital, the governor's office said.
No, I think I'd rather prance about in a dress made from divining crystals, behaving as though everyone in the world is a beautiful unique snowflake, rich with experience from which I can learn.the2bears wrote:But feel free to make a generalization about the people in New Orleans. Lump them all into one basket that you don't mind seeing washed away. Then laugh at it.
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I suppose it's not okay to hate them either? And it's not okay to feel that we'd be better off without them?Jedburgh wrote:*tips off Scientologists*
Matrix wrote:It is blatant isnt it..... but seriously dude, some ppl here are on high stress alert..... people need to take deep breaths and a chill pill before reacting to text they disagree with.
This is all very unfluffy.
I'm not stressed at all, just getting the impression you never saw war or a natural disaster first hand and have no clue what you're talking about, and how different things can be from the sweetened pill that television feeds people.