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From: AHigherCalling@SemperFi.org
If there were no rich white European tourists killed by the tsunami, would
the world's response be the same?
What if the Sudanese had some rich white European tourists? Maybe then the
world would care?
"True American Hero" wrote in message
news:JalAd.12465$sN.7262@fe11.lga...
> What is the best way to die? Depending on the method, what are your
> chances of being saved?
>
> If you live in Darfur Sudan, you may starve to death. It will be a slow
> agonizing process. In all likelihood, no one will come to save you. People
> like Kofi Annan will talk about helping you while having a nice dinner in
> a fancy Manhattan restaurant. Where TF is Bono? He dedicated the rest of
> his life to fighting poverty but getting ready for the new tour comes
> first.
>
> If you live in Sri Lanka, you die out in the open ocean after being swept
> out to sea by a giant tsunami wave. The calamity does not last long
> though. If you survive the wave, people from all over the world will trip
> over each other in the rush to help you.
>
> It is good that people in Darfur do not have televisions. Right now they
> would be feeling their lives are not worth very much. 75,000 have died so
> far in Sudan and yet very few help. 33,000 died in the tsunami, spead
> across thousands of miles and many countries. How many aircraft will
> expend thousands of gallons of fuel to fly many tons of supplies all over
> the Indian ocean? At the same time, wouldn't it be nice to get one
> truckload of food into Sudan?
>
> If you must live through a catastrophy, I suggest you pick a tsunami over
> starvation. It is a much more comfortable way to die. Kofi will be by your
> side too!
>
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