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Tue Aug-30-05 07:30 PM
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Is anyone else finding the comparison of Katrina to Hiroshima offensive? |
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:31 PM
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1. who's been saying that? |
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:35 PM
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8. CNN keeps quoting someone who said it |
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:32 PM
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But offhand, it seems a little over the top.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:32 PM
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3. no, because I think they are talking not about human casualties but |
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about the flattening of the buildings.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:34 PM
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4. well, one was an act of war and one an act of nature |
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i.e. deliberate and preventable vs. inevitable
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:34 PM
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5. well, one was an act of war and one an act of nature |
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i.e. deliberate and preventable vs. inevitable
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:34 PM
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6. No. The devastation is equally horrific, just has a different |
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cause. The effects are still the same. Disaster is disaster, whether manmade or natural. The effects of Katrina contain probably elements of both--a natural disaster exacerbated by the works of man.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:35 PM
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7. I hadn't noticed it - but yes - I do.... eom |
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:35 PM
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9. I believe the mayor of Biloxi said that, right? |
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The man's city has been flattened. He's groping for an analogy. Frankly, I find all of this taking offense and being PC about what people who have lost everything, including family, probably, are in pain are saying -- offensive!
And now I'm going to hide this thread.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:35 PM
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10. The devastation looks similar from the air, that's all ... |
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I wouldn't compare a natural event (storm) with an aggressive war action (bomb).
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:35 PM
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11. And it's"Our Asian Tsunami". Why can't things just be what they are? |
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Edited on Tue Aug-30-05 07:36 PM by Kurovski
People are also saying NO looks like Baghdad.
But who the hell said "Hiroshima"? How can anyone begin to compare what nature does and what people do?
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:37 PM
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In considering the aftermath of each event in terms of loss of property and infrastructure -- destruction is destruction.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:40 PM
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15. Looking at it from above could look similar in terms of destruction |
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of everything in its wake.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:47 PM
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21. Me either. Some DU'ers Need To Get The Chip Off Their Shoulder |
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:50 PM
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one was an act of war and one an act of nature i.e. deliberate and preventable vs. inevitable if it was simply a poorly chosen phrase by the governor then MSM should let it slide and not repeat it
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:39 PM
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13. Totally. David Schuster spinned it nicely, but |
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there IS no comparison. HAving said that, the devastation is horrifying. No homes, no jobs, no roads, water, food...
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:42 PM
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16. I agree... I don't minimize the destruction, it is horrific and i have |
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friends there that may have lost their home, they don't know yet. but I wouldn't compare a drowning death to a cold blooded murder
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:40 PM
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The graphic impact is comparable in its stunning totality. The human tragedy of Hiroshima can not be equaled but we can not quantify the lose based on numbers.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:43 PM
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17. this is my problem with it... |
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deliberate and preventable act of war vs. inevitable unpreventable natural disaster
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:44 PM
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Edited on Tue Aug-30-05 07:49 PM by Jade Fox
Comparing nuclear weapons to ANYTHING nature can throw at us is ludicrous.
The same dumb thing was said about the effects of Mt. Saint Helens 25 years ago, and it annoyed me then too. The area around the the volcano, though different, is recovering nicely. Nature heals itself.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:58 PM
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:45 PM
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19. Just like a Repug to value property than people |
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I'm sure his comparisons are property based
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:51 PM
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that clears it up, thanks
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:46 PM
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20. This is the most devastating natural disaster in our nation's history |
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So I understand the comparison.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:49 PM
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23. my problem with it is this... |
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one was an act of war and one an act of nature i.e. deliberate and preventable vs. inevitable
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Tue Aug-30-05 08:08 PM
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28. I understand your point |
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I think those making the comparison are thinking of the horrific nature of both events.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:48 PM
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it was Haley Barbour the Gov - who said something to the effect that it LOOKED like Hiroshima - even tho I hate that pos - Olberman didn't think he meant it should be compared to Hiroshima's casualties...
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:48 PM
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22. Since they're claiming that only 80 are dead, it's a stupid comparison. |
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Maybe when they start telling the truth.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:50 PM
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24. If hiroshima would have been evacuated first... |
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..then I could see it, but the comparison just is not warranted.
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Tue Aug-30-05 08:10 PM
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29. Why go all the way back to Hiroshima? |
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Wouldn't Shock and Awe in Iraq do?
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Tue Aug-30-05 08:12 PM
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Tue Aug-30-05 08:13 PM
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31. I thought they gauged it as having the force of so many |
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nuclear bombs, kind of like they gauged the eruption of Mt. St. Helens the same way. I didn't really hear anyone compare it to Hiroshima unless they what they meant was that the force of the bombs they are talking about were comparable to the Hiroshima bomb. I mean I think it was meant to be explanatory.
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