Tsunami

[Guest]

oh please people, tell that to the over 150,000 dead and tell that to their families and friends.

Now i  may be just being paranoid or cynical but i always wonder what the outcry would be if this happened in the Western World, and would you all still be saying this?

Most likely.   It would get the intial response of "oh wow that sucks"  but in the back of my mind i'd be thinking something along the lines of "probably for the better"

[mole]

2000th of a percent of the population of the world dies due to an earth quake. lots of business about aid work and giving and 3 minutes silence was forced apon us today.

4 times as many people die every day in the 3rd world from poverty (conveying the thoughts of my maths teacher here who got a little irate about peoples general reactions)

this isnt "american bashing" (which is a horrible use of terms by the way) i was genuinely interested in what you were doing, appologies if i came across to strongly. besides we dont snipe at the individuals that reside on here, too often, its just a generalisation, when you elect a slightly chalanged leader to represent you he can be counted as an embodiment of america and by that example our outloooks are bound to be bad.

Besides i'm betting it doesn't take much effort to make a thread in bashing Europeans

do it

[Lord Lanair]

Sorry mole, but about your last comment...

What is Europe doing to help in Iraq (you complain about America's actions, yet propose no policy changes you're willing to follow through with.  You don't even support the elections).

What is Europe doing to halt the spread of terrorism/rising conflict (i.e. Israeli problem) in the Middle East?

What is Europe doing to fight against nuclear North Korea?

What is Europe doing to combat poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa?

What is Europe doing about the civil war/genocide in Sudan?
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Granted, Americans have their share of flaws too.    

[Saladin]

2000th of a percent of the population of the world dies due to an earth quake. lots of business about aid work and giving and 3 minutes silence was forced apon us today.

4 times as many people die every day in the 3rd world from poverty (conveying the thoughts of my maths teacher here who got a little irate about peoples general reactions)
 

yeah, i reallly don't understand all these "moments of silence" You're basically being forced to grieve which ironically cheapens the entire damn thing. If I want to grieve, i'll do it in my own way on my own time, not have it forced upon me. Of course i could always keep on talking but then other people will say i'm "disrespectful" so i just think of any thing else. I think of the disaster all the time and grieve, but to suddenly be forced to think about and grieve for the victim's just doesn't cut it


Where's the outpouring of public aid for the other people in the 3rd world? There aint any outpouring because it's the 3rd world and the West and the Far East don't care about that. Does anyone remember the earthquake that leveled the city of Bam in Iran earlier this year? No they do not because a bunch of brown skinned people died. Does anyone remember the earthquake that killed 17,000 in Turkey in 1999. No they do not, and it's for the same reasons. In fact i bet this tragedy would get less aid and time if  10,000 white tourists hadn't died.

[Lord Lanair]

Well now, someone is feeling cynical!  I personally think the world community always aids people who suffer from such violent natural disasters, though.  :miffed:

I remember the Turkey incident, but only because it was related to Greece.  :/  

[Guest]

Sorry Moley, i didn't think you meant for this thread to turn out that way but it seems like these threads always gravitate in that direction.  And I needed to bitch a bit.

[mole]

dont worry about it

yeah, i reallly don't understand all these "moments of silence" You're basically being forced to grieve which ironically cheapens the entire damn thing. If I want to grieve, i'll do it in my own way on my own time, not have it forced upon me.

nail on the head, its for the publics conscience more than anything. we were actually laughing from talking through actions we were making with our hands

What is Europe doing to help in Iraq

the medias using an excuse to take that out of the publicsa view atm. all i know is we have quite a few troops still over there and that activitys are picking up again fro the elections coming up.

i.e. Israeli problem

not much due to their american backers and supliers

What is Europe doing to fight against nuclear North Korea?

question to me it seems should be "what can Europe do to fight against nuclear North Korea?

What is Europe doing to combat poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa?
What is Europe doing about the civil war/genocide in Sudan?

send in aid workers and funds, seems to be a favourite past time.

No they do not because a bunch of brown skinned people died

im not really sure racism is appropriate here, the majority of people who died in the Tsunami were asian, so from Indian to Thai.

suffer from such violent natural disasters

where the media points our eyes shall follow

[Lord Lanair]

where the media points our eyes shall follow

 :huh:

Nice view.  LOL  

[matt_the_shark]

OK guys, let's cut the "let's bash each other's country" shit, alright? we're friends here, so why do we need to argue about dumbass shit like this?  

damn, this is upsetting...I'm already sick anyways...:hmmm:

[mole]

thats politics for you

[Lord Lanair]

One of the two things you should never discuss.  LOL

sharky- try not to throw up reading the forums.    

[underruler]

damn, this is upsetting...I'm already sick anyways...:hmmm:

poor baby.

[matt_the_shark]

ooh, i got it to stop. yay

[mole]

with a bung?

one of the 2 things you dont talk about over the diner table isnt it?

[Daimao]

There are too many asians anyway    
Now they've got room for new people