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Sep 7 2005, 07:11 PM
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Soul Hunter Group: Magister Posts: 2207 Joined: 10-April 03 From: NJ Member No.: 23 |
Its so frustarting to see all the political antics that go on as well. I'm glad to hear you and all your loved ones are okay. My thoughts and prayers go out to you guys.
-------------------- "Brotherhood asked for no friendship, only loyalty. They stood back to back as the galaxy burned - always brothers, never friends; traitors together unto the last." --an Excerpt from a Night Lords Novel Void Stalkers Chapter X: Revenge |
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Sep 9 2005, 01:05 PM
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Deus-Ex MachinA Group: Neophyte Caste Posts: 668 Joined: 8-June 03 From: everywhere.. Member No.: 44 |
i received this via e-mail this morning.. figured it would be something of relevance for ~athq.. to read..
..it does seem really odd how this whole situation is being handled, more along the lines of militant & chaotic judgements......but i'm a 'lil unclear as to who is speaking truly ~ the news tells me one thing, then i read this & it paints a very different outlook ~ of which wouldn't surprise me if the latter turned out to be true - given the past track-record of mainstream news.. >.> if mainstream is purposefully ignoring the issue (or is ignorant of it..), then thank goodness for the power of the internet, yes? ;} so my question is ~ what's actually happening down there? =/ |
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Sep 9 2005, 04:54 PM
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Soul Hunter Group: Magister Posts: 2207 Joined: 10-April 03 From: NJ Member No.: 23 |
I dunno, but I felt a hint of conservative right wing inspired things from that e-mail.
Actually, that e-mail kinda bothers me. The way I understood it, that e-mail is saying that becuase of social stratification, becuase you are a minority, becuase you come from an impoverished area, because your poor, becuase of so many factors that can not be controlled by one single person its your fault that all the bad things that have occured in the wake of hurricane Katrina have happened. I'm sorry but I can't seem to find a way to say this in a much more eloquent manner. I think thats a bunch of bullshit. It seems pretty obvious that the author of the e-mail hasn't lived in poverty stricken area so therefore I don't think he can understand the plight of the people who come from the ghetto and projects. The racism and Jim Crow laws of the past have been replaced by prejudice and social pitfalls. He goes to say to say that becuase these people have lived off of welfare that they don't understand the value of ownership. More bullshit. He is already assuming that everyone who came from these projects didn't have jobs and weren't getting paid 6 dollars an hour for some 12 hour a day job in hopes that they would someday be able to move out of the projects or the ghetto. While I do agree with some points from the e-mail though. It would be wrong to solely blaim the president becuase it is our fault as a society as well. We ourselves let these type of things happen. But since the president is the one who is in a position to change these things we blame him for not doing anything. In fact, If I recall correctly our beloved president was on vacation the day Katrina hit and didn't get "back to work" till 4 days later. Fucking Dick. The problems of Katrina stem from a much more dynamic reason then becuase "people from the hood have no respect." Katrina was a man made disaster, but not from the people who lived in the projects, but everyone. -------------------- "Brotherhood asked for no friendship, only loyalty. They stood back to back as the galaxy burned - always brothers, never friends; traitors together unto the last." --an Excerpt from a Night Lords Novel Void Stalkers Chapter X: Revenge |
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Sep 10 2005, 12:46 AM
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Deus-Ex MachinA Group: Neophyte Caste Posts: 668 Joined: 8-June 03 From: everywhere.. Member No.: 44 |
interesting, to this day ~ i haven't a clue as to what the definition of "right-wing" means; i was just curious as to what is transpiring in New Orleans.. it may be BS, perhaps ~ but i think the issue here has to do with the welfare system specifically, not a racial blaming...after all, the way this is being handled is rather odd (to me, anyways..), but then again ~ i don't live there, nor do i have any access to the place other than what is posted on the news, which tends to be suspect now & then.. & you are right, our o'fearless president's behavior is equally out there......dunno, i have no more to say than the fact that our country is definitely in need of a re-evaluation ~ beyond that, no comment.. |
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Sep 10 2005, 05:04 AM
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Soul Hunter Group: Magister Posts: 2207 Joined: 10-April 03 From: NJ Member No.: 23 |
Right-wing is a reference to the voting ballot in that you are given two choices, Left or Right, Democrat or Republican. So its mearly a way of describing where people tend to stand on issues.
I think the following link articulates a point I wanted to make in my previous post a pretty insightful read, me thinks. http://www.alternet.org/story/25149/ -------------------- "Brotherhood asked for no friendship, only loyalty. They stood back to back as the galaxy burned - always brothers, never friends; traitors together unto the last." --an Excerpt from a Night Lords Novel Void Stalkers Chapter X: Revenge |
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Sep 10 2005, 08:36 AM
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Solid Frame Group: Paragon Caste Posts: 291 Joined: 5-March 04 Member No.: 125 |
i know this isnt exactly the same but there's some christian group out there...now i'm not saying all christians i'm saying a certain group of them... are trying to blame katrina on the fact that new orleans had 10 abortion clinics and this was god's way of getting rid of them. and along with his post he compaired a picture of katrina to a picture of a 6 week old fetus, the idiots really crawl out from no where when something devistating happens How the hell do people think like this...god's wrath is not only to destroy those buildings but to destroy the lives of innocent people..i'm pro-choice..to a degree... so i'm not even going to go into the rest of my feelings about the idiot who did this. -------------------- |
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Sep 10 2005, 01:40 PM
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OpSec Group: Dark Templar Posts: 1324 Joined: 13-December 02 From: Roseburg, OR Member No.: 2 |
I have alot of mixed feelings on whats happening in New Orleans.
On one hand, i feel FEMA and the Government's response in general could be alot better.Katrina more or less, released the destructive force of a nuclear bomb on the gulf coast, but since this is the "wrath of god" i don't think it has been reacted to in the same fassion. everyone effected by this is a human being, and an american, and deserve relief, regardless of where they live or how poor they are. I guarantee you katrina heald no prejeduce, neither should any of our fellow americans. On the other hand... I am fucking disgusted by the people stealing shit like TV's and VCRs (stealing food and drinks from a destroyed store is different), shooting at those trying to help, raping women, stealing what little those who they can prey on have left just to satisfy their own needs. these people contirubiting to the problems instead of helping, IMO, need a bullet between the eyes, and i applaud anyone who would administer it. i mean, come on, fucking help the dying and injured.put down the guns, knives and TV's, quit attacking WOMEN AND THE ELDERLY and help ANY WAY YOU CAN, the fact that a fellow tribesman and friend had to carry guns just to be safe in his own city, is equally disheartening, this kind of shit is just WRONG. sorry if my words are harsh, this kind of nonsense stirs up very strong feelings. |
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Sep 10 2005, 04:15 PM
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Drunken Ninja Master Thug Group: Paragon Caste Posts: 536 Joined: 31-October 03 From: Kyoto, Japan Member No.: 80 |
This is very interesting. This goes to show that if something devistating happened to the world, and all our comforts of regular lives are taken away, we will all resort back to behaving like the animals that we all really are deep down. As a nihilist, this kind of behavior doesn't surprise me a bit. The less intelligent of our species can't control their primal urges.
I'd like to go down there and take over the city, Kenshiro style. Stupid people. -------------------- dueling, remade for modern audiences |
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