Re: WHAT IS THE NEXT COMPLAINT

Posted by Eric Rylander on September 04, 2005 at 12:03:23 from (68.51.158.73):

In Reply to: Re: WHAT IS THE NEXT COMPLAINT posted by Buster on September 04, 2005 at 11:40:23:

For every image we saw of looting, each report of some act of violence, there were untold acts of sacrifice and heroism nobody mentions.

I can"t put myself in the shoes of someone who has spent two days on a rooftop, or watched as a loved one was swept away by floodwaters, or sat next to my spouse"s rotting corpse because they had no insulin for three days nor food.

I am not defending the violence or criminals. I am not blaming the government. But to those who say "why didn"t they leave?" I say this- we on this board are largely rural folk, have had cars and such all our lives and a means to leave one place or another.

New Orleans, like many other cites, was a place with a big urban society. Many, poor, middle class and well off, live within that society without cars- there is a public transportation system that serves their needs. They live, work, and spend their lives within a short radius of their homes.

Even if they wanted to leave, how many could have? Those with cars left to the clogged highways for a long trip out, but even if all the trains and all the Greyhound busses ran day and night from the time the order was given, could the entire city REALLY have been emptied?

Nobody was prepared for this. Nobody. Now is not the time to be griping that the poor refugees with filth up YOUR city.....Do you really think they wanted to come there?

My two cents for what it"s worth.

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• Re: WHAT IS THE NEXT COMPLAINT Well said, Eric! 12:14:08 09/04/05 (0)

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