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So will the world respond?

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I'm pretty sure Katrina won't rank up there with the Tsunami destruction from last year as far as loss of life... at least I hope it won't. But will their be a world response? When is one merited?

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Well, various politicos and pundits are already calling it "our tsunami." As if this compares to over 100,000 people dead.

There probably won't be a world competition to help, but then, the US is much more economically healthy than Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
 
stamenflicker said:
I'm pretty sure Katrina won't rank up there with the Tsunami destruction from last year as far as loss of life... at least I hope it won't. But will their be a world response? When is one merited?

Flick
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I am sure if US requested aid the world would respond, however I doubt we would be doing so.

I wonder if they would put on concerts to benefit the victims, though.
 
stamenflicker said:
I'm pretty sure Katrina won't rank up there with the Tsunami destruction from last year as far as loss of life... at least I hope it won't. But will their be a world response? When is one merited?
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Do you think there should be a world response?
 
stamenflicker said:
I'm pretty sure Katrina won't rank up there with the Tsunami destruction from last year as far as loss of life... at least I hope it won't. But will their be a world response? When is one merited?

Flick
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When the country in question can't handle the situation itself.
 
The reason the world responded to the tsunami is because the countries affected didn't have resources, plans, agencies, and infrastructure to handle the crisis.

The US has all that.
 
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Grammatron said:
I am sure if US requested aid the world would respond, however I doubt we would be doing so.

I wonder if they would put on concerts to benefit the victims, though.
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What, can't you see Alla Pugachova and tAtu singing "We are the World" to benefit the hurricane victims? :D




(On second thought, I guess it would be Мы Мир, but hey.)
 
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Cleon said:
What, can't you see Alla Pugachova and tAtu singing "We are the World" to benefit the hurricane victims? :D
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Pugachova no, tAtu yes, 'cause you know 'n stuff.

(On second thought, I guess it would be Мы Мир, but hey.)
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Close but your grammar is off :p
 
Well, we're going to be getting the remnants of Katrina here in the next few hours. I don't expect to need any assistance rebuilding my house or pumping the mud out of my basement. But I'll probably get wet walking home tonight. It would certainly be a nice gesture if the French would send me a few dozen cases of Crozes-Hermitage and Saint-Verain.

A couple of kilos of Roquefort would be nice, too.

Flo, can you help us out here? As a famous New Orleans resident once said, "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers."
 
I guess it wouldn't surprise me if some Imam claimed credit for it on account of praying so hard.
 
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Cleon said:
Any excuse for a public snogging. :D
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It's for the benifit!


Meh? "Мир" is nominative case, no?
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Technically yes, but the meaning is lost, it would have to be paraphrased, or apply some context to it.
 
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Grammatron said:


Technically yes, but the meaning is lost, it would have to be paraphrased, or apply some context to it.
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Meh. It's a stupid name for a song, anyway. :D
 
BPSCG said:
Flo, can you help us out here? As a famous New Orleans resident once said, "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers."
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I didn't know Terry Schiavo was from Louisiana....

My brother lives in southern Mississippi, but on the west side, away from the coast. Still, I haven't heard from him, and the website for the paper he works for is down. Don't know if we need Bangladesh to step in at this point, but I guess if nothing else donations to the Red Cross are always helpful and needed.
 
Perhaps the best thing people can do is visit. I was so glad that old New Orleans seems to have survived ... to be eaten by termites. This is a wake-up call to people that have always meant to go to New Orleans one day but haven't got around to it. Tourism is way better than charity.
 
CapelDodger said:
Be careful what you wish for.
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He can try and buy all the support he can, it'll just cost him an arm and a leg. Not that he cares, not like it's his money.
 
I think we have our answer.

Maybe we can pay for the cost of rebuilding the Gulf Coast with the money we save from closing all our army bases in Germany. I know this will come as a blow to those who have been sucking at the gigantic teat of the American military presence there, but I'm sure they'll understand.
 
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