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Jonsgirl · 01-19-2005, 12:59 PM

Wait.....you don't care that in one day, in barely an hour, more than 160,000 people died, but people living thier lives by a thousands-of-year old caste system....that pisses you off?

I don't understand. You're either a humanitarian or you're not. Pick one.

You know what pisses me off? Ignorant, souless, &*^%heads that can't be bothered to be horrified by a terrible tragedy just beacsue it doesn't affect them. Can you even begin to imagine the full repercussions of that tsunami? No, of course you can't, otherwise you might actually have to blink and feel some sort of I don't know...emotion.
It's not even loss of life alone. It's economic, it's environmental, it's cultural, and so much more. And it will be felt for decades to come.
But that's ok, isn't it? Beacuse it happened so far away that if you hadn't taken high school geography, you wouldn't even know where this happened.

This isn't directed at you alone, Karby. I just honestly don't understand how this disaster, natural or not, can pass by with so many people not being moved in the slightest. And then to hear you say that it doesn't bother you, but thier very culture- and the normal social reactions based on that culture- do.....well, I really am lost on that one.

01-19-2005, 12:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jonsgirl Semi-Atomic Location: Home.	Wait.....you don't care that in one day, in barely an hour, more than 160,000 people died, but people living thier lives by a thousands-of-year old caste system....that pisses you off? I don't understand. You're either a humanitarian or you're not. Pick one. You know what pisses me off? Ignorant, souless, &*^%heads that can't be bothered to be horrified by a terrible tragedy just beacsue it doesn't affect them. Can you even begin to imagine the full repercussions of that tsunami? No, of course you can't, otherwise you might actually have to blink and feel some sort of I don't know...emotion. It's not even loss of life alone. It's economic, it's environmental, it's cultural, and so much more. And it will be felt for decades to come. But that's ok, isn't it? Beacuse it happened so far away that if you hadn't taken high school geography, you wouldn't even know where this happened. This isn't directed at you alone, Karby. I just honestly don't understand how this disaster, natural or not, can pass by with so many people not being moved in the slightest. And then to hear you say that it doesn't bother you, but thier very culture- and the normal social reactions based on that culture- do.....well, I really am lost on that one. __________________ Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you.