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From: SpammersMustDie@now.net
"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!
as i watched the news, i could not help but wonder if the fact that so many
westerners died in this event has influenced the level of coverage. am i
being too cynical?
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