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- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -1/+35I just love the classy coherence between the article and the side news on the website.
THIS is our world :
http://i28.tinypic.com/wagje9.jpg
'I can't concentrate in flat shoes,' explains high-heel addict Victoria Beckham - bosssmiley, on 05/16/2008, -0/+29Damn that's sobering. Compared to those poor people I have exactly *nothing* to complain about in life.
- mal1964, on 05/16/2008, -2/+11"they should be happy"?
- haydesigner, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7Is it really possible for someone to be this ignorant of their own racism?
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6You can do more than pray. Donate some money to the Red Cross.
- sergiodlopes, on 05/16/2008, -1/+7FTA:
"Three days before disaster struck, thousands of toads appeared on the streets of Mianzhu city, where 2,000 have been reported dead. And hours before, zoo animals in Wuhan began acting bizarrely. British tourists said moments before the quake struck the pandas they were watching at the world famous Wolong reserve became agitated.
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However, seismologists say it is practically impossible to predict when and where an earthquake will strike."
WTF?! Is it REALLY that impossible?! - flashback99, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6..earthquake.
- Agenda, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6How about the comment that doesn't make any sense:
"How sick to poke a camera in someone's face when they are trying to cope with such a horrendous tragedy...."
Oh really? - flashback99, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5The daily mail exists to sell newspapers. Not to deliver news. "if it bleeds it leads".
Thanks Rupert. - Agenda, on 05/16/2008, -1/+5Is that why so much humanitarian and monetary aid and help is being offered by nations around the world, even China's rivals like US?
Following that same strand of logic, I could just kill you and use the excuse that there are another 6 billion people out in the world, so the law shouldn't really care.
You're really a bigot. Blocked and reported. - dcollantes, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3I care moron. I donate to the Red Cross to help them. Other than complaining and trying to politicize this, what have you done?
- Tr33fiddy, on 05/16/2008, -2/+5Great comment at the bottom of the page,
"We should forget political wranglings and every country should send troops to help. They are people after all."
The US send 25,000 marines into mainland China - it can only end well. - dcollantes, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3The Olympics will go on.
- mal1964, on 05/16/2008, -3/+6Do you care?
- oMeSSiaHo, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3We waved flags after 9/11. It could be a show of solidarity, a sign the country is there to help, who knows. When dealing with that level of horror people will grasp many things to make them feel comfortable.
- goldfishey, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2if the fact of race, is irrelevant to the question/decision at hand, then yes it is racist.
Your statement is that generally(meaning the majority of the relevant sample, lets say everyone who has heard about it.) people don't care that a large number of people are dead or suffering because their Asian. Your justification for this statement is "because there are a lot of Asians"
I suggest that people who do, or do not care, based on ethnicity have elevated the importance of ethnicity above all other considerations. In my culture, ethnicity has no practical relevance to this kind of decision so yes - I would define you as a racist. At the very least deeply prejudicial.
Look at it this way - Had this happened in the west, a whole bunch of white people (among others) would be dead and suffering - but there are plenty of those in the world, so who would care? - inactive, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3America's "help" is usually a piddling amount compared to other countries.
We rarely help in proportion to our size and money. - synaesthesia, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Indeed.
*digg down, report, block* - goldfishey, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3Australia offered to help I believe, and china turned them down. I dont know if they have changed their mind since then.
- mal1964, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3Do you care?
- mal1964, on 05/16/2008, -3/+5"We should forget political wranglings"
America does when help is needed. - worldchanger, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3yeah, it was totally an inside job.
/s - flashback99, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Don't know if someone should be blocked and reported for being stupid. It wasnt like he was RepubOperative, or someone equally willfully ignorant.
- sergiodlopes, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2"but you would have to know what you're looking for"
Sure, and lots of years of study is needed, but its not impossible.
SDL - Tr33fiddy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3The reason 50,000 died is because the country is massively over-populated and under developed.
The reason it would be all over the news if it happened here is because local news and disasters are more relevant to the local country.
The reason you don't care is because you're a *****. - electronixtar, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2Just sick of westerners commenting China.
- diggimator, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2China took 5 days until they accepted aid from Japan. Myanmar is less responsive, even though 78,000 died there according to the latest statistic.
- zadadka, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Can't decide whether your comment is ignorant or arrogant......
- yingjai, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2so true. dogs, horses, and other animals will behave strangely shortly before quakes, but you would have to know what you're looking for. i guess if all the dogs in the neighbourhood start barking their heads off, it's time to run for cover.
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Seriously, troll somewhere else. Maybe you can go find yourself some HDR 9/11 photos while your at it. Ass.
- diargasm, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I never said they deserved it. You are missing the point. The big thing on the news is still Hillary Clinton mentioning "white people" or the NBA playoffs.
- diargasm, on 05/16/2008, -1/+250,000 is a lot of people and China is a BIG country - not a backwards state. If this happened in the West it would be all over our news. Not just in America.
- Bisclavret, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1the ***** is your problem?
- typeshige, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1There are two shots with troops and somehow both show someone waving a big red Chinese flag. Shouldn't they be doing something more productive? Just saying...
- Pasukun, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I'm going to make a donation right now.
- topace3000, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Didn't seem like a particularly bad article to me.
- diargasm, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I said "they don't really care" not "they don't care at all". I don't know what your "culture" is, maybe it's so awesome and advanced I could not possibly comprehend or understand it.
Anyways... If it happened in the West (where most of the modern world resides) we (in the West) would care. - haydesigner, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Well, no ***** sherlock.
Local news is always more interesting.
Do you think the Chinese papers are full of all of our political news? - mal1964, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Good!, That's all you can do. You don't know and cant control what other people do or feel about it.
- udteahill, on 05/17/2008, -1/+1It IS that IMPOSSIBLE! So if I predict that your place will have an earthquake in two months because some strange signs happened. What will you do? Will you believe it?
- cgiupload, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0just did. :)
http://www.redcross.org/news/in/profiles/Intl_prof ... - WikiEasy, on 05/16/2008, -5/+5You're an idiot.
- mal1964, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1I suppose they need a "Plan Of Action " in place before excepting every offer for help. To much help without a plan can be very chaotic and sloppy.
- rexuslexus, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0Just take a step back.... deep breath... and walk away. You are now a racist. You can join the rest of your ilk at your local watering hole laughing about human death and suffering.
Let's tear apart your comment for a second.
"they don't really care" compared to "they don't care at all" aren't far apart from each other in definition. Really, it's your label that defines what your mindset believes. Frankly, anytime innocent people suffer with either sickness, death, or famine I am deeply moved.
"where most of the modern world resides"...... Boy, it took me awhile to stop laughing at you. If it happened in the West, FEMA would take like 10 days to start streaming in aid. If it happened in the West, we would have Anderson Cooper doing an on-the-scene weekly report on the devastation of the great quake.
Frankly, I think more people care about the China earthquake than any western disaster. Why? Because of people like you... Prejudicial, racist, and suppremist minded tools. - diargasm, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1I know blocking someone on digg is like the equivalent of putting your fingers inside your ears and yelling "nananannahaha I can't hear you !" and then topping it off with "im telling on you!" What a bitch - even on the internet.
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