You look at the news and you think you re watching some Holywood movie, but you re not.
It seems the worst is yet to come
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INDONESIAErinyes wrote:tourism etc....
Here as in Heartland?emilystrange wrote:One casualty was from here
I wondered whether or not it'd be insensitive to play that. I then realised that I care not for things such as tact or political correctness in these situations, and played them.VonOben wrote:This situation indeed calls for Flood I and Flood II...![]()
i think there might have been more general fuss if it was one of us.. sorry again, dearDark wrote:You scared me then.emilystrange wrote:no not from heartland. sorry. norwich.
Indeed. Other events which earned a lot more airtime, for which normal programmes on all channels stopped, and for which the world really did seem to care.Dark wrote: That may not seem like a lot, but thinking about it, 100,000 deaths from that tsunami. Makes other events pale in comparison.
Oh, but people are more likely to pay attention to Other events because it wasn't natural, so they believe they could have done something about it.boudicca wrote:Indeed. Other events which earned a lot more airtime, for which normal programmes on all channels stopped, and for which the world really did seem to care.Dark wrote: That may not seem like a lot, but thinking about it, 100,000 deaths from that tsunami. Makes other events pale in comparison.
I'm sure you know what I mean.
I know that event had a lot of political implications, and was a deliberate act of destruction by man, but in terms of sheer loss of life it doesn't compare. A life is a life, and chances are we're dealing with at least 30 times as many stories of human tragedy, families left without loved ones, and all in countries a lot less well equipped to deal with such catastrophes.
The imbalance... just pisses me off, that's all.
I couldn't agree more.Izzy HaveMercy wrote:I had no intention to get involved in this thread, but speaking of politics...
If all the money that is now spent on rescue missions and helping the victims over there was spent on a decent tsunami-alert and some coastline 'fortifications' in the first place, maybe the death-toll would not have been that gruesomely high...
The singer of one of Belgian's most promising new BM acts was there with his GF and is still missing... Amongst a lot of other human beings.
Ok, so I'm not really objective... sorry.
IZ.
I think it's getting plenty of airtime. I had to tune in to Radio 2 on the way to work this morning to get away from it.boudicca wrote:Other events which earned a lot more airtime
It's 24/7 here. But 1.500 swedes are still missing. But it's to much right now.Francis wrote:I think it's getting plenty of airtime. I had to tune in to Radio 2 on the way to work this morning to get away from it.boudicca wrote:Other events which earned a lot more airtime