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AUG 30, 2005 03:03 PM
AUG 30, 2005 03:08 PM
exactly...what a complete asinine statement...
someone needs to explain to this guy the difference between a hurricane and a tsunami...i don't think that anyone in southeast asia had the ability to track the tsunami as it approached...it just fucking happened...caught everyone by surprise, and that's why so many died.
if you have the weather channel or any local news station...you knew the hurricane was coming, and it's your fault if you got caught in it.
(additionally, i definately feel terrible for the people who lost their lives, but to hear someone make such and ignorant statement...it just burns my britches)
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AUG 30, 2005 05:04 PM
Max16Characters said:
Actually it's closer to 300,000 people dead in the Tsunami with lots more missing. The guys stressed, but honestly, that's the only thing he could possibly use as a basis of comparison to let people know how dire the situation is.
It's next to impossible to find accurate numbers anyway these days. I looked at CNN and found four or five different numbers. The 68 was the most current casualty count I could find.
The comment just struck me as sensationalism. It's like the equivalent of Tony Blair declaring the tubeway/bus bombings as England's 9/11.
[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by lil_tuffy]
AUG 30, 2005 05:21 PM
AUG 30, 2005 05:32 PM
lil_tuffy said:
Max16Characters said:
Actually it's closer to 300,000 people dead in the Tsunami with lots more missing. The guys stressed, but honestly, that's the only thing he could possibly use as a basis of comparison to let people know how dire the situation is.
It's next to impossible to find accurate numbers anyway these days. I looked at CNN and found four or five different numbers. The 68 was the most current casualty count I could find.
The comment just struck me as sensationalism. It's like the equivalent of Tony Blair declaring the tubeway/bus bombings as England's 9/11.
[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by lil_tuffy]
Exactly. I was actually waiting for someone to say that on the news when it happened.
AUG 30, 2005 05:37 PM
Spaceboy said:
lil_tuffy said:
Max16Characters said:
Actually it's closer to 300,000 people dead in the Tsunami with lots more missing. The guys stressed, but honestly, that's the only thing he could possibly use as a basis of comparison to let people know how dire the situation is.
It's next to impossible to find accurate numbers anyway these days. I looked at CNN and found four or five different numbers. The 68 was the most current casualty count I could find.
The comment just struck me as sensationalism. It's like the equivalent of Tony Blair declaring the tubeway/bus bombings as England's 9/11.
[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by lil_tuffy]
Exactly. I was actually waiting for someone to say that on the news when it happened.
what is "that"
AUG 30, 2005 06:47 PM
Saltine said:
Spaceboy said:
lil_tuffy said:
Max16Characters said:
Actually it's closer to 300,000 people dead in the Tsunami with lots more missing. The guys stressed, but honestly, that's the only thing he could possibly use as a basis of comparison to let people know how dire the situation is.
It's next to impossible to find accurate numbers anyway these days. I looked at CNN and found four or five different numbers. The 68 was the most current casualty count I could find.
The comment just struck me as sensationalism. It's like the equivalent of Tony Blair declaring the tubeway/bus bombings as England's 9/11.
[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by lil_tuffy]
Exactly. I was actually waiting for someone to say that on the news when it happened.
what is "that"
Referring to the bombings as Londons 9/11.
AUG 30, 2005 06:55 PM
Spaceboy said:
Saltine said:
Spaceboy said:
lil_tuffy said:
Max16Characters said:
Actually it's closer to 300,000 people dead in the Tsunami with lots more missing. The guys stressed, but honestly, that's the only thing he could possibly use as a basis of comparison to let people know how dire the situation is.
It's next to impossible to find accurate numbers anyway these days. I looked at CNN and found four or five different numbers. The 68 was the most current casualty count I could find.
The comment just struck me as sensationalism. It's like the equivalent of Tony Blair declaring the tubeway/bus bombings as England's 9/11.
[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by lil_tuffy]
Exactly. I was actually waiting for someone to say that on the news when it happened.
what is "that"
Referring to the bombings as Londons 9/11.
thanks i wasn't sure
AUG 30, 2005 07:05 PM
well, someone else just compared it to Hiroshima.
AUG 30, 2005 07:08 PM
lil_tuffy said:
well, someone else just compared it to Hiroshima.
I've got the 6am news tomorrow for the first comparison to the holocaust in my office pool.
AUG 30, 2005 07:13 PM
OlPointyBlankard said:
Way to nitpick!
He didn't say it was "as bad as the tsunami" he said it was their tsunami. And if you heard the full statement, he was referring to the overhead shots of the water erasing entire towns. I really don't see why this statement is "one of the most irresponsible" ones youve heard in a long time.
The first thing i thought of when i saw the aerial shots was the same-- "that looks like the pictures taken right after the tsunami" People, when faced with tragedy beyond their comprehension sometimes make comparisons to other (recent) tragedies. It doesn't make them irresponsible. It makes them human.
Clearly, with the advanced warning and superior quality of evacuation procedures, higher standard of living, quality of the places people live,etc there aren't going to be hundreds of thousands dead.
Plus, 68 dead is a laughably low estimate.
[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by OlPointyBlankard]
I think my issue is more with the media's tendency to sensationalize or report things as the worst possible outcome rather than to actually report what happened. Statements are taken out of context and plastered all over regardless as to whether or not it is an accurate representation of the reality.
AUG 30, 2005 07:14 PM
lil_tuffy said:
well, someone else just compared it to Hiroshima.
Who?
acetracer
Hollywood, FL
January 2004
AUG 30, 2005 07:15 PM
lil_tuffy said:
Max16Characters said:
Actually it's closer to 300,000 people dead in the Tsunami with lots more missing. The guys stressed, but honestly, that's the only thing he could possibly use as a basis of comparison to let people know how dire the situation is.
It's next to impossible to find accurate numbers anyway these days. I looked at CNN and found four or five different numbers. The 68 was the most current casualty count I could find.
The comment just struck me as sensationalism. It's like the equivalent of Tony Blair declaring the tubeway/bus bombings as England's 9/11.
Except it was their 9/11. Just like Spain's bombings was their 9/11. And this is our tsunami.
They're comparing experiences, not numbers.
[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by AceTracer]
AUG 30, 2005 07:16 PM
AUG 30, 2005 07:22 PM
AceTracer said:
lil_tuffy said:
Max16Characters said:
Actually it's closer to 300,000 people dead in the Tsunami with lots more missing. The guys stressed, but honestly, that's the only thing he could possibly use as a basis of comparison to let people know how dire the situation is.
It's next to impossible to find accurate numbers anyway these days. I looked at CNN and found four or five different numbers. The 68 was the most current casualty count I could find.
The comment just struck me as sensationalism. It's like the equivalent of Tony Blair declaring the tubeway/bus bombings as England's 9/11.
Except it was their 9/11. Just like Spain's bombings was their 9/11. And this is our tsunami.
They're comparing experiences, not numbers.
[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by AceTracer]
I don't quite think that's accurate. It seems that 9/11 has become the standard reference of time in the US. As in something either happened pre 9/11 or post 9/11. It was that big of a deal to everyone. I doubt that in Spain or England they will be doing the same thing with the bombings they had. See if you can go a week going to work, watching TV and doing everyday stuff without hearing 9/11 mentioned.
[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by Spaceboy]
lil_tuffy
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San Francisco, CA
AUG 30, 2005 02:32 PM