NationStates Jolt Archive

...although it doesn't seem like the best time for celebrations.

Let us have a moment of silence for the over 13,000 dead (CNN) in Southern Asia.

At this hour:

over 6,000 dead in Sri Lanka
over 4,000 dead in Southern India
over 4,400 dead in Indonesia
over 400 dead in Thailand, including one American. Hundreds missing.
over 32 dead in Maldives, including two Americans
over 48 dead in Malaysia, 150 reported missing
over 2 dead in Bangladesh

This is a disaster that trumps 9/11 over four times over. And ya know the funny thing? It seems that the world doesn't seem to care. Not even for the 30,000 dead from last year's earthquake in Iran. No, it's all after-Christmas shopping, returning, and dinner in America, Canada, Britain, and the other so called "civilized" nations. Wow, we suck. We could all have searched for a place to donate money to these poor people who are now homeless, parent-less, or are critically injured. But no, we don't. Not even I. I watched "Meet the Fockers" tonight. And I bloody enjoyed it.

Stalin was right. "The death of one man is a tragedy. The deaths of millions is a statistic."

Anyway, cheers. To a year of still being here on NS, and still being here in the world.

normally, i read the 1st sentences and the last sentences of a topic, and i got this:


so anyway, 12000 people just died...


cheers.





yea, just something ironic i noticed.


what was all the crap in between those 2 spots?

Stalin was right. "The death of one man is a tragedy. The deaths of millions is a statistic."
Stalin said that? Damnit, he was more intelligent than his paranoia gives him credit for...

normally, i read the 1st sentences and the last sentences of a topic, and i got this:


so anyway, 12000 people just died...


cheers.





yea, just something ironic i noticed.


what was all the crap in between those 2 spots?
rants...bullcrap...me getting really tense because I have a week to do three projects.

rants...bullcrap...me getting really tense because I have a week to do three projects.



AHH, good, then i saved 15 seconds of mental capacity

Yeah, I know what you mean, Colodia. I guess most people over here only care about lots of people dying if they're white. I mean, especially with that earthquake in Iran, I was just appalled by the complete apathy most people seemed to hold towards it; the same people that were foaming at the mouth and out for blood over 9/11.

Yeah, I know what you mean, Colodia. I guess most people over here only care about lots of people dying if they're white. I mean, especially with that earthquake in Iran, I was just appalled by the complete apathy most people seemed to hold towards it; the same people that were foaming at the mouth and out for blood over 9/11.
I didn't mean it as a racial issue. I meant it as a nationality issue.

My congratulations on your anniversary.

My appreciation of your thoughts for others.

My sympathy for you, knowing that some will make foolish posts whilst disregrding what you have said.

I wish you luck with your projects.

I am not far behind you, my friend, in terms of length of time in NS.

But, judging by post counts, I am not as verbose. :-)

Cheers.

I didn't mean it as a racial issue. I meant it as a nationality issue.
But it does seem to me sometimes that people (middle- and upper-class white Americans, specifically) just don't seem to care about anyone who's not like them. Granted, nationality does seem to be a bigger divider than race, but if something like this had happened in western Europe, how do you think most of America would be reacting?

But it does seem to me sometimes that people (middle- and upper-class white Americans, specifically) just don't seem to care about anyone who's not like them. Granted, nationality does seem to be a bigger divider than race, but if something like this had happened in western Europe, how do you think most of America would be reacting?
Well I think your just seeing more middle and upper class white Americans being ignorant because there's so much more of them compared to upper and middle class Hispanics and blacks. But even those of the low-class don't pay attention to these things, generally, because they have their own problems to deal with.

And I think it's safe to say that a disaster on Portugal, Spain, Germany, and Italy would go largely unnoticed.

And I think it's safe to say that a disaster on Portugal, Spain, Germany, and Italy would go largely unnoticed.
Not nearly as much as it would in the Orient.