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Hurricane aftermath
BillieTheBot
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So in the SuperDome, there were suicides and murders, and women were being raped when they went to the toilet. Lots of women were raped, and one young girl at least was stabbed to death- they caught the rapist and everyone lynched him.
The police shot looters and people trying to get help for the rape victims, but didn't bother protecting the women.
The rich of the US just stood and watched, and let the poor drown.
Story.
Given all that, is it fair to say that this wonderful civilisation isn't quite as strong as we'd believe. A disaster and the poor drown, and the women get raped and murdered.
I think it was Man of Kent who said we were four meals from the end of civilisation. I think that's true.
The police shot looters and people trying to get help for the rape victims, but didn't bother protecting the women.
The rich of the US just stood and watched, and let the poor drown.
Story.
Given all that, is it fair to say that this wonderful civilisation isn't quite as strong as we'd believe. A disaster and the poor drown, and the women get raped and murdered.
I think it was Man of Kent who said we were four meals from the end of civilisation. I think that's true.
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That is they way Heiracial society works. Some are more important that other and get helped sooner and more acitvley.
Sad thing is that I would expect much the same thing to happen here too, in similar circumstances.
Don't forget that most of the stories coming out are, as usual for the media, the bad ones. The sensationalistic one about rape, murder, looting etc but you haven't heard about the "help-thy-neighbour" stories which I have no doubt happened.
In a area of devastation that size, with that level of population, there will always be stories like this and there will always be scumbags like this.
However the whole badly managed thing makes me want to go out and slap some people - infact it makes me so unbeliveably angry about a whole lot of things.
Oh and we're sending aid to the americans - I'm finding that really funny!
Name me one good thing America has offered me or you ever, sweet FA. Though I do think we should send aid, they're human beings like us and need as much support as possible.
Oh dear, Mat thinks they provide it free. :rolleyes:
The real tragedy here is that those who turned to "the government" to protect and save them (i.e. it's job) were the ones most likely to have something nasty happen to them. Everyone with any sense had fucked off long before.
So, why did these people have no sense of personal responsibility?
That would be a recovery plan after they sold stuff including production methods to the nazi's, would it? IBM helped them out a lot too.
They didn't do that for free either.
Same as always, finance both sides, collect the cheques.
go stuff yourself
Cuba, Iran amongst nations offering help to the US
Oh the irony.
France is also offering help. The US should be grateful. France could just have said "you can now go and buy ration of Freedom Fries and a Freedom Toast and stick it up your arse. Yours faithfully, the cheese-eating surrender monkeys".
yeh and cuba is sending doctors who wont cost the US a single penny - unlike their own
You know that the UK has only just finished paying is wartime financial debts to the US, don't you?
I don't, it's right that we do. Why should their shoulder the costs on their own?
I would be very surprised if that offer from Cuba is taken up, its offered slightly as a bad taste joke for Cuba to look like the bigger man and above all the petty disputes.
The whole relief effort from start to finish was a disgrace, not enough was done to stop it happening and no where near enough was done quickly enough to save the people there.
Sadly his offer was not taken up.
Only need North Korea and Iraq to chip in to complete the set.....
Yeah it is sad what's happening, people are cracking up.
I think that if a white affluent city was destroyed Bush would be right on it, but as far as I know, isn't New orleans fairly poor and black?
new orleans port is where most of americas grain is exported to feed the world and bring in currency ...the gulf of mexico ...surely you heard of the gulf?
big oil and petrol thingys going on there ...but now in tatters ...hence the wests petrol prices are rocketing ...you don't realy get involved much with the big wide then?
It was offered to you!
The USA is just like Russia, to damn proud to admit it needs help. Even Castro offered Aid, he was prepared to lay aside political differences. Like at the start. So the US spat at him again.
Everyone offered, except Mad Kim and Iraq. But Iraq doesn't have a governemnt who is able to offer help anymore.
my guess is no you don't.
Other things I can tell you about, but you can't assume that because somebody doesn't know the economics of one country doesn't mean they know little about the world.
LOL.
Well, good to see that at least some national leaders have a sense of humour!
Makes no sense.