Re: MD Katrina - Thousands Dead ?

From: ian glendinning (psybertron@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 04 2005 - 10:01:31 BST

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    Nice one Mark (Maxwell)

    Interesting after almost no responses to the original sentiment (of
    compassion for those affected by the hurricane) how the social
    patterns of the aftermath take centre-stage (as they have done in the
    world's media).

    Actually, I'm with Platt on one thing - if a totalitarian government,
    ordering an evacuation is the best alternative, I'm not convinced.
    What it does show for me is the US ignorance (skilled incompetence -
    hypocrisy in other words) of the social issues it has stored up, in
    its surprise and delay at reacting to them. It's not that the US
    government is incapable of organising a piss-up in a brewery, but that
    it chose not to. As Mark says, the "holiday is over" the Bush
    administration (and Platt) are fair game on this one I'm afraid. What
    do you value Mr Bush ?

    It's another cloud with a silver lining - a dynamic disaster with a
    potentially net positive outcome, who knows ? (For me this is the way
    in which DQ can be said always to be progressive - every problem is an
    "opportunity". In the evolutiuonary model, every mutation is random,
    but each holds the opportunity for progress up the MoQ layers.)

    Ian

    On 9/4/05, Arlo J. Bensinger <ajb102@psu.edu> wrote:
    > On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 20:44:38 +0100, mark maxwell wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > --- Platt Holden <pholden@sc.rr.com> wrote:
    > >
    > > > All those who want to move to Cuba, raise your
    > > > hands.
    > > >
    > > > Regards,
    > > > Platt
    > >
    > > All those who want Platt Holden to move to New Orleans
    > > raise their hands.
    >
    > Oh man... not sure if I'm just loopy from a long motorcycle ride today, or what,
    > but this knocked me of my little computer chair! Mark, thanks for the laugh!!!
    > As my geeky friends say say "Hoody Hoo!!!"
    >
    > Arlo
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