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05 May 2008, 05:51 PM
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Being a Bank Holiday I have only been half awake today. Early this morning I heard that a storm had hit Burma with a death toll of around 200. Didn't think much about it tbh.
Just now I heard that this cyclone had killed at least 10,000
It reminded me so much of those horrors where death rises rapidly from a few into tens of thousands. So very bad already and let's hope it doesn't get worse. dl
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Burmese storm toll 'tops 10,000'
Just now I heard that this cyclone had killed at least 10,000
It reminded me so much of those horrors where death rises rapidly from a few into tens of thousands. So very bad already and let's hope it doesn't get worse. dl
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Burmese storm toll 'tops 10,000'
05 May 2008, 10:28 PM
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I was looking at this earlier, and it's surprising how when it was on the BBC news site it was constantly well down near the bottom in the 10 'most read' list, despite being the main headline.
If there'd been a similar event in a Western country like the US and 10 people had died it would generate a lot more immediate interest, probably as we can relate to the people more.
10,000+ die in Burma and it seems a lot of people don't really care...
If there'd been a similar event in a Western country like the US and 10 people had died it would generate a lot more immediate interest, probably as we can relate to the people more.
10,000+ die in Burma and it seems a lot of people don't really care...
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Politics aside how anyone can not feel at least some degree of sadness for the plight of their fellow human beings is beyond me, regardless of where they live. They're normal people with families and friends, homes and jobs just like you and me, they didn't choose to be born there like you didn't choose to be born here, it's just the luck of the draw. Consider yourselves lucky to be living here where by and large devastating acts of nature don't affect us.
Have we become so selfish that we can look at the pictures from Burma and not care?
Have we become so selfish that we can look at the pictures from Burma and not care?
06 May 2008, 08:36 AM
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Yeah - what the hell
They're just human beings. Sort of kids and things dying horribly. Thousands of them. But don't you worry pal......... Just go through life with that attitude and you'll be fine
06 May 2008, 09:34 AM
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They (Burma) did not "want help", they continue to allow that pathetic idiot to rule their country they beat and kill pacifists like the those monks......well if you want to talk about Karma, well it just dropped by and left a message!
It is how the cookie crumbles................
06 May 2008, 02:00 PM
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Politics aside how anyone can not feel at least some degree of sadness for the plight of their fellow human beings is beyond me, regardless of where they live. They're normal people with families and friends, homes and jobs just like you and me, they didn't choose to be born there like you didn't choose to be born here, it's just the luck of the draw. Consider yourselves lucky to be living here where by and large devastating acts of nature don't affect us.
Have we become so selfish that we can look at the pictures from Burma and not care?
Have we become so selfish that we can look at the pictures from Burma and not care?
06 May 2008, 02:04 PM
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They (Burma) did not "want help", they continue to allow that pathetic idiot to rule their country they beat and kill pacifists like the those monks......well if you want to talk about Karma, well it just dropped by and left a message!
It is how the cookie crumbles................
It is how the cookie crumbles................
Yeah it's just the way life is. I mean get yourself oppressed by a military junta, then you are almost asking to get wiped out by a cyclone.
Or perhaps not......
06 May 2008, 02:05 PM
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After the Tsunami not much was done to be honest by most of the world, mostly a lot of propaganda, and that was a whole area of the planet.
They (Burma) did not "want help", they continue to allow that pathetic idiot to rule their country they beat and kill pacifists like the those monks......well if you want to talk about Karma, well it just dropped by and left a message!
It is how the cookie crumbles................
They (Burma) did not "want help", they continue to allow that pathetic idiot to rule their country they beat and kill pacifists like the those monks......well if you want to talk about Karma, well it just dropped by and left a message!
It is how the cookie crumbles................
I feel confident that the generals and all their little followers will have been far from danger, eating a hearty meal and toasting their longevity.
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06 May 2008, 02:08 PM
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'ang on a mo'. The average bloke in the street in Burma/Mayanmar can do fsck all about who rules his country. It's not as if they're open minded about criticism, it it?
I feel confident that the generals and all their little followers will have been far from danger, eating a hearty meal and toasting their longevity.
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I feel confident that the generals and all their little followers will have been far from danger, eating a hearty meal and toasting their longevity.
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06 May 2008, 02:13 PM
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Brilliant. What a fantastic choice. I'm sure we all wish we had such options.
Also, I'm still not getting the correlation between deciding not to risk your life and revolting, and it being karma that you get killed by a cyclone.
06 May 2008, 02:14 PM
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Not so easy when the threat of real violence from the very people who are supposed to rule and protect you hangs over any dissidence whatsoever!
Revolution is an easy word to bandy about, not so easy to do.
Just hope people aren't so cavalier if you need any help.
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06 May 2008, 02:30 PM
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Reports from Burma following the recent cyclone say the stench of bodies is unbearable. They added that it will get worse now people have started dying.
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06 May 2008, 03:12 PM
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Well you should have done because it's pathetic and childish. Plus some 12 year old comes up with this every time peeps die in a distaster in a third world country.
I'll let some one else press the buttons........ Grow up ffs.
06 May 2008, 06:24 PM
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