Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 23:18:30 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Rick Savoia wrote in news:Xns96C3B89A96191rsavoiaNOSPAMyahooco@127.0.0.1: > weirdwolf wrote in > news:Xns96C3E197079D3r73u67jw56nas@80.5.182.99: > >> Rick Savoia wrote in >> news:Xns96C3AD30EBF93rsavoiaNOSPAMyahooco@127.0.0.1: >> >>> weirdwolf wrote in >>> news:Xns96C3D535BC268r73u67jw56nas@80.5.182.99: >>> >>>> Rick Savoia wrote in >>>> news:Xns96C379D13C947rsavoiaNOSPAMyahooco@127.0.0.1: >>>> >>>>> weirdwolf wrote in >>>>> news:Xns96C399A2B378Dr73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: >>>>> >>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns96C36334BEEB8joiwhnanri@66.26.32.8: >>>>>> >>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote in >>>>>>> news:Xns96C32B9A985F9r73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>>>>>> news:Xns96C2E940491E7joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>>>>>>>> news:Xns96C2DACBD390Ejoiwhnanri@ 66.26.32.8: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> It's time he was plastinated and put on a shelf. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Why? >>>>>>>>>> I mean give us a clue, I don't even get Brit tv let alone >>>>>>>>>> whatever passes >>>>>>>>>> for entertainment over there. >>>>>>>>>> Ted > > >>>> If it's not though, I'm tempted to use one of my less civilized >>> responses. To blame a natural disaster like a hurricane on global >>> warming caused by Americans is just dumb. >> >> Of course I wasn't blaming the hurricane on global warming, but it >> was a >> simple statement that this will happen again if the sea levels raise. >> Much of eastern England will suffer the same problems. The whole of >> the south part of my city was a swamp until a hundred and fifty odd >> years ago. >> > > Same with Boston. Ahh you'ld have us believe that you are all Oirish, should be used to bog trotting. >;-) Have you read the his dark materials books? >>> Is there a global warming problem? Sure. But it's 'global'. >>> Everyone one contributes. >> >> And the US is the largest contributor and the one that is most >> reticent >> to actually do something. >> >>> The implication that if we had adopted the Kyoto protocols that this >>> would have been prevented is got to be the stupidest thing I've heard >>> lately. >>> >> >> You inferred incorrectly that this was what I was meaning. >> > > Apologies. As I stated in another post, I'm a bit touchy on this after > reading other newspaper reports inferring as much. > No problems,I find that a lot of people don't get what I mean. I like to think that it's due to the lack of visual cues that are an important part of nonverbal communication. I know it's because I'm a fucking idiot. > >>>> >>> >>>>> through in a couple of weeks wrecking everything again. >>>>> >>>>> Were there stupid people who stayed? Sure. They've faced enough >>>>> storms to be jaded about the warnings. That's just plain stupid. >>>>> It doesn't put them in another category other than 'tragic' though. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Self inflicted wounds aren't tragic, tragic is the thousands of kids >>>> dying each day without access to proper nutrition and medical care. >>>> some guy trying to hold on to his stereo is just stupid. >>> >>> Agreed. That's stupid. However, how about the hundreds of people >>> who just couldn't leave? Those that were sick, had sick relatives >>> they couldn't move and those that were just too poor to be able to >>> leave. I've heard a number of stories about people who didn't have >>> cars or the money to put gas into the car to go anywhere. >>> >>> Are they self-inflicted? >>> >> >> Do you not have emergency measures to actually get people out if they >> require help? > > Yes. However, short of declaring martial law and activating the > reserves, there's not enough resources to go around and move people to > safe locations. > I guess it doesn't help that the national guard is in Iraq. Lets face it if this isn't the time to activate the reserves when the fuck is? Might stop some of the looting to have heavily armed people wandering around. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .