The most insensitive comments I've seen on the impending disaster....

[JohnnyRingo]

And guess where I found them?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472547/posts

Guys I do not think that Katrina will be as damaging as it has been described so far. It will be damaging but not the catastrpohie that we have been hearing about for the last 24 hours. I hope I am right on this one.

This story is overhyped, the exact same things were said about Ivan, yet New Orleans hardly sustained any damage.

If the city does go under water, I hope my tax dollars aren't spent rebuilding anything under sea level. That would be insanity. I would rather pay to relocate the homeless to another state. California can use the strippers, and Oregon needs the Christians.

Venice anyone?

Bull doze the ruins and add fill dirt.
The city will never be flooded again if they rebuild on well compacted fill that extends above sea level.

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Of course there were some comments from warm blooded freeps, but I couldn't imagine such heartless lack of concern among fellow DUers.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Insensitive and poorly spelled

catastrpohie???

:rofl:

[morgan2]

2. sounds fairly reasonable to me

no reason to rebuild a city doomed to be flooded again.

[WillyT]

4. Damn Man... Hope Your House Doesn't Catch Fire !!!

No reason to rebuild a house that might burn down again.

:wtf:

[EST]

8. A little dry irony, perhaps?

[WillyT]

10. Perhaps...

:evilgrin:

[Kindigger]

14. Dunno

I lost my house in the flood of 93. There were several good sized towns that weren't allowed to rebuild because they were in the flood plain. I believe it was a FEMA decision/mandatory buyout.

So it is a distinct possibility.

[fortyfeetunder]

3. Pathetic.

Obviously they don't live in a catastrophe-prone area.

[greenman3610]

5. we are in a new era

our penchant for building cities in unsustainable
areas will have to change.
continuing to build and develop coastlines
in the new era of superstorms is madness,
just like pumping more water into the deserts
of Las Vegas and Reno.

[Azathoth]

6. You can always count on Freepers during a "catastrpohie"

:puke:

[WillyT]

9. LOL !!!

:rofl::yourock::rofl:

[Davis_X_Machina]

7. It's a very poor city...

...in a very poor state, and we know Freepers look upon poverty as some sort of social disease.

I won't even get into the possible racism....

[Selatius]

16. Possible racism? There's blatent racism in the Big Easy everyday

They ran a study on the bars and clubs down there. The study's results showed they charged black people on average more than white people there. It's the fucking south. Racism doesn't disappear after only one generation. I live down here and see it. It's a lot more sophisticated than "No Blacks" signs nowadays.

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. No wise cracks about trailer parks?

They are letting me down.

[QC]

12. Here's a good example of a tasteless hurricane thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4492023

You know, I have often wondered if there were anything too awful for the religion-obsessed headcases around here to view as nothing more than yet another opportunity for them to grind the same old axes and fire up the same old, tired, pointless flamewars that they love so much.

My question has been answered.

Not all the ghouls are at Freak Republic tonight.

[jsamuel]

13. not true, it will continue to sink and if you add in Global Warming...

"The city will never be flooded again if they rebuild on well compacted fill that extends above sea level."

nope, the area is sinking and the Mississippi wants to go through there and Global Warming will cause the sea level to continue to rise over the next 50 years.

[WillyT]

15. Hey Johnny... Apparently You Can Find Some Here Too !!!

:wtf::puke:

[pnorman]

17. On the whole, it's nausea-inducing insensitivity,

along with some barely concealed racism. But interspersed in that spew, are a few voices that speak otherwise. I'm not suggesting that we "reach out and make common cause" with them. But there's no need to demonize them all with too broad a brush. Quite likely, many will wake up and make the break themselves. I can't imagine some them feeling at ease over there.

If they should wander over here to DU, perhaps we can give them a chance to say their piece, before getting rat-packed & tomb-stoned.

pnorman

[NMMNG]

18. Scummier people have never been born

Oh, that's right--they have. And they are running the country as we speak. :cry: