Tidal Waves Kill More Than 120,000 in Asia
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Originally Posted by DJ_Spyder
Question where is the money going to come from? To build and maintain this system? Since tsunami's are not very comon in South and Southeast Asia.
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Originally Posted by shifrbv
Some freaky stories are coming out of this. I heard on Good Morning America that there were reports from small children who survived that they were somehow able to breathe underwater. The children couldn't explain it, it was just something they were able to do that helped them survive.
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Originally Posted by jaeufraser
I think that was Superman.
but then superman went around the earth and turned back time
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Yeah, when I was in Bali, it was disturbing to see so many stores selling those t-shirts. On the flip side, I didn't see any at all in Bangkok. The inhabitant of both places are Buddhists.
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Originally Posted by Ranger
Isn't that nice - in those locations, people can proudly wear bin laden t-shirts? Aren't you glad we're giving those countries money?
#337
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Originally Posted by X
According to the U.N. the problem is we haven't given them enough money.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/opinion/30thu2.html
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Originally Posted by Ranger
Yeah, I've just finishing reading one of their naggings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/opinion/30thu2.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/opinion/30thu2.html
Ok, let's take all the money that hasn't been spent from what New York got after their "natural" disaster and send it over there. In fact, let's take the total of all the money that we got from every other country for that disaster and send it over to Asia for this latest disaster and call it even.
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Originally Posted by Ranger
Isn't that nice - in those locations, people can proudly wear bin laden t-shirts? Aren't you glad we're giving those countries money?
Not everyone in those countries has one, I'm sure.
#343
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Originally Posted by MoviePage
You can wear them here too, if you want. It's called freedom of expression.
#344
I don't see Al Qaeda outpouring their love and money, so hopefully this will maybe show who really cares to Osama sympathizers.
And yes, I've been wondering about more earthquakes. You just don't have a 9.0 and everything goes away.
And yes, I've been wondering about more earthquakes. You just don't have a 9.0 and everything goes away.
#345
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Thank you. It's so ironic when people imply that such rights shouldn't exist, yet those very rights are what they claim to be defending.
I think you and MoviePage simply missed my point.
Let me give you an example. Not long after 9-11, thousands of Palestinians rushed out to celebrate, burn the Ameircan flag, etc yet we give their government money. Now, I wouldn't dare stand in their way to express their hatred of us - the cost of freedom, but I do think it is clear that we should not be giving them money.
It's just one example. There are a LOT of countries we shouldn't give money (especially taxpayers' money) to.
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Originally Posted by Grimfarrow
Yeah, when I was in Bali, it was disturbing to see so many stores selling those t-shirts. On the flip side, I didn't see any at all in Bangkok. The inhabitant of both places are Buddhists.
#348
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Originally Posted by Cameron
anyone on this board signed up to go over for relief work
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Originally Posted by Gallant Pig
I thought it was said the animals knew it was coming and got the hell out of there.
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I don't suppose anyone's read/heard anything about East Timor? It's a couple hundred miles north of Australia, so I assume it's too far east to be hit hard, but still -- I got a friend working for the Peace Corps there and I'd like to remove as much doubt as possible. I didn't see East Timor on here:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...ths/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...ths/index.html