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| Sep 2nd, 2005 12:45 PM | |||
| KevinTheOmnivore |
Oh now, let's not fight. You really are my hero. And since some on this board have essentially advocated rounding up poor people at gun point, I'm happy to see you on the sympathetic side here for a change. |
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| Sep 2nd, 2005 12:41 PM | |||
| Abcdxxxx | And then you grew some balls. That's the only way a prick like you can tell which side is up. | ||
| Sep 2nd, 2005 11:21 AM | |||
| KevinTheOmnivore |
Wow! And what happened then...? Well...in Who-ville they say That the ABC's small heart Grew three sizes that day! |
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| Sep 2nd, 2005 10:59 AM | |||
| Abcdxxxx |
Other reasons that haven't been mentioned - there were no rental cars to be found. Gas is expensive, and it wasn't easy to come by. It took people 9 hours to get out of the storms path, with the jammed roads. One would think a large scale evacuation would involve government assistance, not every man for themself. It's a bit sickening to assume 100,000+ people were just stubborn, and deserve what they got. |
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| Sep 2nd, 2005 09:07 AM | |||
| Skulhedface |
Some people choose to tough out the storms, but since Highway 90 (or I-49 if you prefer) is one of the major roads out of New Orleans and happens to run less than a mile from my house, and well, locally travelling ONE BLOCK because of hurricane fleers taking over an hour seems to point to me that the majority of the people that had the capability to run in fact did so. Many of my friends from New Orleans sure managed to get out, many of them either staying here locally, a couple even in my own house, a few fleeing as far as Shreveport, Houston or Dallas. Surprisingly those who choose to ride out the storm, especially knowing it's a category 5, are the minority. I know this town was a ghost town when Hurricane Lili came through, and it was a category 2 by the time it hit here. The people that stayed are mostly those who were unable to leave or in fact are just opportunistic vultures (judging from the looting and requiring martial law). Maybe 1% of the people that stayed are the types to "ride it out". When we watched the news saying that we'd be hit by the very edge of the storm with only 40 mph winds we were still bracing things in our yard and getting ready to evacuate just in case. I fail to see why this elicits this much thought in the first place, as the people who simply "rode it out" make up such a small percentage as to be almost negligible. Kinda like blaming one hooker for the AIDS you caught instead of the 50 whores you'd paid for over the years. Hey, I had to squeeze in a bad metaphor SOMEWHERE. |
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| Sep 2nd, 2005 09:05 AM | |||
| ziggytrix | I've just heard that the National Guard isn't letting people out. At the same time, the governor has ordered the city evacuated. What the hell is going on down there. | ||
| Sep 2nd, 2005 08:40 AM | |||
| KevinTheOmnivore |
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| Sep 2nd, 2005 01:03 AM | |||
| ScruU2wice | I don't think everyone's metaphors are always valid. Sitting on the face of mount st. helen is alot different then sitting in you house on mississippi. I'm sick of everyone coming up with a clever metaphor to prove their case, eventhough the two things can barely be compared. | ||
| Sep 1st, 2005 10:01 PM | |||
| Immortal Goat |
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And Kevin, sure, you don't have to get up out of your chair and never come back, but if there was a bomb threat, I bet you would move. You wouldn't "tough it out" because you have replacable items on your desk. You would leave, and if the bomb blew, as Katrina hit, you would most likely not come back until the building was restored and you could replace your items, which are hopefully insured. |
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| Sep 1st, 2005 05:34 PM | |||
| Preechr |
Wow. You sure have a knack for making compassionate conservatism sound creepy. |
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| Sep 1st, 2005 01:24 PM | |||
| mburbank |
Leaving aside the debateable nature of the many, many people who would have ahd a great deal of difficulty getting out, there's a word for sympathy felt for people who might have helped themselves had they tried harder or been smarter. It's called compassion. |
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| Sep 1st, 2005 12:28 PM | |||
| Zero Signal |
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No pity for the majority? |
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| Sep 1st, 2005 10:44 AM | |||
| KevinTheOmnivore |
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While I'm sure that there were people who just figured it would pass, I'm sure most who didn't leave because everything they have/had financially, socially, and physically was attached to those places. |
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| Sep 1st, 2005 10:39 AM | |||
| ziggytrix | Yeah, why should anyone feel sympathy for anyone else? When bad things happen, they should have been smarter like you and me, and not let those bad thigns happen. Fuck compassion. Compassion never put a dime in MY pocket. | ||
| Sep 1st, 2005 08:14 AM | |||
| Immortal Goat |
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| Sep 1st, 2005 12:48 AM | |||
| ScruU2wice | OMFG natural selection, right guys LOLOLOL | ||
| Aug 31st, 2005 11:58 PM | |||
| Sethomas | Well, that's great if you have somewhere to go. Many many people did and squandered it, yes. Kein Mitleid für die Manheit. But others? Nope, just screwed by nature and the history that placed them there. | ||
| Aug 31st, 2005 11:41 PM | |||
| Immortal Goat |
I'm gonna go out on a limb here... And say that, while terrible, all the loss of life due to Katrina is due to the residents of the affected areas lack of action. Before this storm hit, I had heard predictions about it about a week in advance, and I live in Ohio. Down in the areas that could be affected, I would imagine that prediction was slightly quicker in getting to them. That means that they had at least a week to get the heck out of Dodge and actually salvage at least their families and their posessions. And what did they do? Nothing. They sat there thinking "It could never happen to ME". I have little sympathy for these people, it is the same as when people complain about property devastation from tornados when they live in Tornado Alley. Get a clue and get the fuck out. |
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