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10-15-2005, 08:23 PM

Sci Fi writers have a blast with that stuff, though!

Actually, this has been an interesting question to think about. We can all pretty much agree that Hitler and Stalin were evil. It is interesting to speculate if they were inevitable evils. Columbus was inevitable. Stalin - I admit to not knowing enough about the forces behind his rise to power to hazard a guess, either way.

Was New Orleans inevitable, given the factors at work in the US in the 21st century? Would the same fiasco have been just as sure to happen under the administration of a different man in the White House? Sure, there would have been a hurricane, no matter what. But given the make-up of present society in the USA, the thinking of the people, the attitudes that are prevelant, would NO have been doomed no matter what?

What if you had taken the white pill, and REALLY been the head of FEMA when Katrina struck? Do you think you could have made a better outcome happen, Wolf? Just curious.

10-15-2005, 08:23 PM	#14
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Sci Fi writers have a blast with that stuff, though! Actually, this has been an interesting question to think about. We can all pretty much agree that Hitler and Stalin were evil. It is interesting to speculate if they were inevitable evils. Columbus was inevitable. Stalin - I admit to not knowing enough about the forces behind his rise to power to hazard a guess, either way. Was New Orleans inevitable, given the factors at work in the US in the 21st century? Would the same fiasco have been just as sure to happen under the administration of a different man in the White House? Sure, there would have been a hurricane, no matter what. But given the make-up of present society in the USA, the thinking of the people, the attitudes that are prevelant, would NO have been doomed no matter what? What if you had taken the white pill, and REALLY been the head of FEMA when Katrina struck? Do you think you could have made a better outcome happen, Wolf? Just curious.