Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : Tyler Trafford Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 21:27:26 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > Tyler Trafford wrote: > >> weirdwolf wrote: >>> "RR" wrote in news:bLnRe.214661$gL1.142863 >>> @tornado.texas.rr.com: >>> >>>> John I wrote: >>>> >>>>>> I see somebody stated that it was America's tsunami. I know people >>>>>> have been killed and homes lost but blimey over react much? I know >>>>>> hundred odd dead but there was warning and the U.S. has a hell of a >>>>>> lot better response and rebuilding facilities. >>>>>> Ted >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The strongest theme for the failure to evacuate story is simple >>>>> poverty: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2005/08/index.html#007548 >>>> >>>> Precisely. A hurricane hitting an affluent area is a bad thing, no >>> doubt. >>>> But when it hits a place where people have no money - hell, most of >>> these >>>> people didn't even have cars, so vacating the city was a difficult if >>> not >>>> impossible prospect - it's a whole 'nother ballgame. To say this is >>>> "America's Tsunami" is hardly an exaggeration. >>>> >>> >>> A couple of hundred dead = Thousand upon thousand dead. Hardly compares. >>> More people probably die of cancer a day in the US. You live in the >>> richest nation in the world with the greatist ability to look after the >>> people displaced. The tsunami not only wiped out thousands of people but >>> completely wrecked the infrastructure of some of the poorest countries in >>> the area. These were people with fuck all to begin with and they lost >>> everything with little chance of getting it back. >> >> Analogies are like vacuums. > > They require periodic maintenance and filter replacement? Yes, they are exactly the same. -- Tyler Trafford Truth is the most valuable thing we have -- so let us economize it. -- Mark Twain .