Friday, January 15, 1999: Unwelcome optimism

[NonsenseWords]

[Burning Sheep Productions]

What a nice comic.

[Rooster]

When in doubt; mope.

[Tom_Radigan]

I side with Millie in this instance. She fears she is losing a friend; she has a right to be upset and doesn't want to be distracted at the moment.

[Bocaj Claw]

There's a lot of territory between being a pollyanna and being a shinji. As long as you don't go to either of the extremes, you should be good. Plus, it takes fewer muscles to mope than to learn to play the guitar.

[Cactus Jack]

Millie's mom suggests Millie invite another friend over because she knows Millie has no other friends and is making fun of her.

[Bocaj Claw]

In a weird way, self-pity is its own reward.

[Tom_Radigan]

In a weird way, self-pity is its own reward.

I guess it's the new sport for the people of New Orleans.

[nickspoon]

I guess it's the new sport for the people of New Orleans.

That's... in quite poor taste.

[Tom_Radigan]

I guess it's the new sport for the people of New Orleans.

That's... in quite poor taste.

Normally it would be...if it weren't for the fact that there are plenty of other places in the USA, let alone the world, that got hit with disasters just as bad as what hit New Orleans without getting a fraction of the publicity, and probably getting a lot less outside help. Also it doesn't help that a lot of aid that poured into the city got stolen by the local government. Of course their state government was no help either, but it's easier to scapegoat the federal government.

[nickspoon]

Normally it would be...if it weren't for the fact that there are plenty of other places in the USA, let alone the world, that got hit with disasters just as bad as what hit New Orleans without getting a fraction of the publicity, and probably getting a lot less outside help. Also it doesn't help that a lot of aid that poured into the city got stolen by the local government. Of course their state government was no help either, but it's easier to scapegoat the federal government.

And so what if the New Orleans disaster got a large amount of publicity? So what if the local government stole aid? New Orleans was still devastated, and the people of New Orleans were still victims of that disaster. Nothing you point out there, even if it is true, makes me feel any less pity for any victim of Hurricane Katrina.

[Tom_Radigan]

Normally it would be...if it weren't for the fact that there are plenty of other places in the USA, let alone the world, that got hit with disasters just as bad as what hit New Orleans without getting a fraction of the publicity, and probably getting a lot less outside help. Also it doesn't help that a lot of aid that poured into the city got stolen by the local government. Of course their state government was no help either, but it's easier to scapegoat the federal government.

And so what if the New Orleans disaster got a large amount of publicity? So what if the local government stole aid? New Orleans was still devastated, and the people of New Orleans were still victims of that disaster. Nothing you point out there, even if it is true, makes me feel any less pity for any victim of Hurricane Katrina.

Oh, everything I say is true indeed. Sure, the people who suffered from Katrina deserve pity (and Katrina affected far more than New Orleans, BTW). But there are other areas where the people suffered natural disasters just as bad, and we hardly hear about them. Two US examples: Galveston, Texas, and Iowa City, Iowa. I think it's a crime that we constantly hear about New Orleans while other areas who have suffered as badly or worse get completely ignored.

[Arloest]

Two US examples: Galveston, Texas, and Iowa City, Iowa. I think it's a crime that we constantly hear about New Orleans while other areas who have suffered as badly or worse get completely ignored.

Galveston was hit by its worst hurricane 110 years ago, I'm confused??

If there's a chance you're talking about Hurricane Ike, I was right here for that, and it wasn't nearly as bad as New Orleans.

[Tom_Radigan]

Two US examples: Galveston, Texas, and Iowa City, Iowa. I think it's a crime that we constantly hear about New Orleans while other areas who have suffered as badly or worse get completely ignored.

Galveston was hit by its worst hurricane 110 years ago, I'm confused??

If there's a chance you're talking about Hurricane Ike, I was right here for that, and it wasn't nearly as bad as New Orleans.

My mention of Iowa City:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa

As far as New Orleans is concerned, my problem is as bad as they suffered, other cities suffered as well, and we don't hear about them at all. And that is no good.

[Arloest]

It appears that 2 people died in the Iowa City disasters, whereas Katrina killed 1,836; 1,577 of which were all in Louisiana. Katrina also crippled the city's entire lifeblood which still remains injured to this day. If you go international then yeah, you could find some recent natural disasters that were just as devastating or worse. But in terms of the United States, it's by -far- the worst natural disaster in recent history.

I'm not saying you're wrong; other cities do suffer and (some) should get more media attention than they currently do, especially cities and countries overseas, but there's no denying that New Orleans is unequivocally the most screwed up city in the U.S. and probably deserves the attention they get.