Not the people of New Orleans:
Trick bikes and firearms: the necessities of life.
Certainly not the cops: [5.6MB, Windows Media video]
Helping themselves to shoes in aisle 3. Click the photo to see the video.
Not the municipal government, who could’ve used these now-useless buses in an evacuation:
Could’a hauled out a lot of people with these…
Not Sean Penn:
Read here for the story.
…and definitely not the federal government.
I’m hoping that the soldiers they sent over do a better job.
This is downtime, kids. I’d have posed for this picture in the exact same way.
Tropical Storm Helene is now Hurricane Helene, and its closest approach to Tampa Bay happens…
Once again, I’m hoping that the vibes from the clown cemetery that’s been protecting Tampa…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl8zhYA0BHU Definitely not anything I would’ve predicted.
Oh, my sweet summer child, do you not know about the “Loofah Code” in The…
...and by that, I mean, being completely ignorant of the larger world outside the U.S.…
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So, what, exactly, is your point, here Joe? The stench of this catastrophe is about evenly distributed you figure? Is it all a wash?
Yup. That was pretty much my point.
Now mind you, I'm more sympathetic to the plight of the people of New Orleans; while administrative officials and law enforcement types are going to suffer a loss of "face", a lot of ordinary folks have lost everything.
I keep asking myself why the social contract always goes out the window once the lights go out.
the age old question "what is wrong with people" comes to mind. im not sure there is ever a good enough justification for some peoples behavior. here is an article about the 10 most intense hurricanes:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/content.cfm?content_type=article&content_type_id=9407
take a read.
It always does? I'm not so sure.
How about "more often than not", then?
All societies are only ever 4 meals away from anarchy.
Now I'm a little uncomfortable. I'm not sure if you picked up that I was actually trying to be a little bit snarky, so I'm not at all sure if your response was also with tongue wedged in cheek. I'm going to assume you were serious.
AFAIK, in any large group of people, you're going to find a few idiots/crazees. Bound to happen. I guarantee there's at least one idjit in your office. No group of people is perfect so, if you're so inclined, it's not too difficult to mischaracterize a group by highlighting the sickos. IMHO there's nothing extra-remarkable about the fact that there'd be at least some looters (and/or that some of them would swipe some decidedly odd things) in this.
Same thing goes for the NOLA cops, given their well-known history of corruption. There are gonna be shameful bad apples in any big bunch. For me, that's a given.
It would only be remarkable if this kind of behaviour characterized a significant portion of a population (victims, cops, whatever). Or, as in the case of 9/11, there were no reports of shenaniganry. To shine the light on some idjits in the same context as those who were not in a desperate, crazygonuts scenario and in the best postion to help is grossly unfair and (accidentally?) distorts the overall picture.
Everything in its proper proportion, Joey.
The first sentence in my reply was for you, memer, whom I at least sort-of-know via your own blog and can thereby take a few more liberties. The rest was for everyone else reading. That being said, your points are duly noted.
*tips hat*
p.s. sorry if i was unduly huffy, jd. i guess we all have our tender spots, don't we ;-)