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Originally Posted by JC
What exactly do you want them to do to help themselves Scott? Can they build water purifiers? Want them to start a farm and grow some food? Please Scott tell me what they should be doing. Your whole point is offensive. Why don't we take away everything you own except the clothes on your back, ship you hundreds of miles from your house, cut you off from everyone you know and see how you fair. I don't think your high and mighty self would be so cavalier about the situation.
JC
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So you're saying that shooting at a rescue helicopter is the preferred way to make this situation better? How about raping girls that need to use the bathroom at the superdome?
I'm pretty sure that 40 or so ablebodied men should be able to protect a little girl that needs to piss. So instead of sitting on the ground demanding help, they could attempt to provide some security from the crackheads that are trying to rape the women.
Further to the point, people are dying and being left where the fell. It's a dirty job but the bodies could be moved. Same goes with the bathroom situation. If the toilets don't work, designate somewhere else to use instead of crapping where you stand.
But all that would take some leadership and teamwork. Something I see little of in New Orleans. In fact, the most organized people seem to be the looters, murders and rapists. At least they're working together to create mayhem.
Frankly, if I were there in that hell hole, I'd do whatever it takes to get the fuck out. One it was clear there was no plan, the last place I'd go is downtown or to the evacuation points. A backpack full of looted food and a pair of walking shoes and I start marching. Preferably with several people I can trust and a rifle or two. I walk until I reach civilized people that haven't totally lost their minds.
The last thing I do is sit on my ass and demand help from people that clearly can't help me, then bitch and moan "they's treatin us like animals!". If you feel like a caged animal, remember, no one forced you to rely on the government. I'm not saying that the goverenment didn't totally drop the ball, I just know that if it looks like the people that are supposed to take care of me can't, I look for alternative means to survive.
So, maybe I am cavalier about the situation... I've never been a witness to the end of the world before... I don't really know how I'd act. 'Course I would have evacuated before the storm. And I know a lot of those people are too poor to afford to leave, and the government really should have had them in busses Sunday night and outta there, or even on Monday after the storm and before the levees broke. It's just that I see a lot of ablebodied men and women on the news lamenting about how fucked they are instead of helping themselves and protecting those that can't protect themselves.