Oatesy !
- Thread starter yenrod
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- ...I don't have much idea - really.
...another cracker - you're wasted Maz (Well, most of the time it seems that way)
Keith Oates
Janner
- Location
- Penarth, Wales
I'm quite a way from the earthquake and in fact didn't feel anything, but it's a real disaster and some of the TV films showing Mothers find their dead children is most upsetting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
My workmate's sister works for Volvo and is based 500 km from the epicentre. The tremours there were very strong!
It's always galling to see the relatives of the dead finding the bodies, or learning of their deaths.
It's always galling to see the relatives of the dead finding the bodies, or learning of their deaths.
Aint Skeered
New Member
Keith Oates said:
I saw that scene on the news last night, absolutly shocking. can't begin to imagine what those people are going through at the momment.
At least the powers that be where quick to react
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
yenrod said:
Well, I guess since we can't do anything about earthquakes and cyclones and the like, (unless you count engineering quake proof buildings and so on) I suppose it doesn't matter much whether we knock 'ten cans' out of each other or not, this stuff will still happen. Humankind ain't all that good at looking at the future and seeing clearly - 'petty' problems now tend to matter more than serious ones some time off in the possible future..
The thing that has struck me is that of course for so many (if not all) of these parents, that is their only child they've lost in a collapsed school. Almost whole generations in some areas I guess.
At least in China the authorities seem to be trying to help. In the depths of the World Service last night I heard a suggestion that the authorities in Burma might be quite pleased to have had all these pesky poor folk cleared off the Irrawaddy delta, to clear it for more effective agriculture. Whether that's true or not, just leaving them to starve and die of cholera etc, that's truely evil.
Mac66
Senior Member
- Location
- Newbury-ish
I'm no politician and possibly over cynical, but my thought on Burma was that the junta wouldn't be too upset at lossing a large slice of their population, to make their control easier.
Arch said:Well, I guess since we can't do anything about earthquakes and cyclones and the like, (unless you count engineering quake proof buildings and so on) I suppose it doesn't matter much whether we knock 'ten cans' out of each other or not, this stuff will still happen. Humankind ain't all that good at looking at the future and seeing clearly - 'petty' problems now tend to matter more than serious ones some time off in the possible future..
The thing that has struck me is that of course for so many (if not all) of these parents, that is their only child they've lost in a collapsed school. Almost whole generations in some areas I guess.
At least in China the authorities seem to be trying to help. In the depths of the World Service last night I heard a suggestion that the authorities in Burma might be quite pleased to have had all these pesky poor folk cleared off the Irrawaddy delta, to clear it for more effective agriculture. Whether that's true or not, just leaving them to starve and die of cholera etc, that's truely evil.[/QUOTE]
Oh yes Arch: and it could be a whoile lot worse and who would actually care ie who actually cared enough for America to basically slaughter more than where killed in the biggest set-up by the CIA/US Gov.
Democracy sucks in our western world whereby you're simply a no. till you die and in between you buzz off what you gives you the maximum of pleasure though if you take drugs you can be put awaydont make sense does it.. i'll just laugh and be as ****ed up as the rest of the pop. of the world.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Um... I don't think the ills of Western democracy (of which there are plenty, I agree) apply in Burma, and on the other hand I think there are a lots of very good western democratic countries - most of Scandinavia seems pretty good for example. I don't understand your point about America and the CIA - I suspect you mean something specific and I simply don't know what?
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
yenrod said:'Oh yes Arch: and it could be a whoile lot worse and who would actually care ie who actually cared enough for America to basically slaughter more than where killed in the biggest set-up by the CIA/US Gov'
Forgot to put in the ref to 9/11 !
Er... Ok...
Still not quite sure where you're coming from, but... I think 3000 or so is a pretty small number of folk (all very lovely people I'm sure) compared to the 150,000-200,000 they're talking about in Burma.
Keith Oates
Janner
- Location
- Penarth, Wales
Maz said:
I took it on face value Maz, and found it to be very amusing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!