March 29, 2007: Sewage Tsunami in Gaza - Page 2

Undertoad · 03-29-2007, 01:35 PM

All of us?

HungLikeJesus · 03-29-2007, 01:36 PM

All but 5.

glatt · 03-29-2007, 01:41 PM

Dude with the beard and hat in the second picture has his mouth clamped damn tight there.

This tragedy reminds me of robbing the pillars in coal mining. Stupid greed. Plain and simple.

Sundae · 03-29-2007, 01:40 PM

I don't find amusement in it. But I totally respect the right of other people to make light of an awful situation.

How do you think people keep going in a world where revolting and tragic things happen globally on a daily basis?

Flint · 03-29-2007, 01:43 PM

We need to explore the "putting your finger in a dyke" angle, but I can't think of a good one.

BigV · 03-29-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

We need to explore the "putting your finger in a dyke" angle, but I can't think of a good one.

Perhaps you should consider something along the lines of "wrong hole" or "bad place, good thing", "we're gonna need a bigger finger", etc. But forgive me if I don't wait around for the results.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-29-2007, 03:05 PM

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The Hamas movement, the leading partner in a newly formed Palestinian unity government, blamed the disaster on a foreign aid boycott slapped on the Palestinian Authority a year ago when the Islamist hardliners first came to power.

For once it's not Israel's fault, this time you are all to blame.

elSicomoro · 03-29-2007, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

We need to explore the "putting your finger in a dyke" angle, but I can't think of a good one.

I'm surprised Shel didn't think of this first.

HungLikeJesus · 03-29-2007, 01:51 PM

Between humor and apathy, I'll take humor every time.

Sheldonrs · 03-29-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Between humor and apathy, I'll take humor every time.

And I don't care how funny you are!!!

SPUCK · 03-30-2007, 03:48 AM

Up Shit Creek *STOP*
Send *STOP*
Money Guns and Lawyers *STOP*

HungLikeJesus · 03-30-2007, 01:33 PM

Where's the cane toad? I'm very hungry.

DanaC · 03-30-2007, 02:04 PM

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Ah...dirt farming. Thus is the fate of unrestrained enterprise. Idiots.

Idiots? Nah, people struggling to make enough money to feed their families in a country whose economy and infrastructure has all but collapsed.

Flint · 03-30-2007, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dypok

Ah...dirt farming. Thus is the fate of unrestrained enterprise. Idiots.

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Idiots? Nah, people struggling to make enough money to feed their families in a country whose economy and infrastructure has all but collapsed.

Maybe, as Forrest Gump's Mama said, "Stupid is as stupid does."
IE if your actions cause sewage flood that destroys your village (the same one where your struggling, hungry family lives) then you are an idiot.

Sundae · 03-30-2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Maybe we could send 'em some condoms.

Ouch! I doubt these people do have access to free birth control, but I've known enough women desperate to conceive to realise the urge is pretty powerful. Certainly stronger than the urge to eat/ smoke/ drink ourselves to death, which we defend in the West.

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Originally Posted by Flint

Maybe, as Forrest Gump's Mama said, "Stupid is as stupid does."
IE if your actions cause sewage flood that destroys your village (the same one where your struggling, hungry family lives) then you are an idiot.

You do what you can short term. It's called survival. Like whenever carbon emissions are defended on this site with the argument "If we adhere to these guidelines thousands of Americans will be out of work"

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I don't find amusement in it. But I totally respect the right of other people to make light of an awful situation. How do you think people keep going in a world where revolting and tragic things happen globally on a daily basis? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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03-30-2007, 01:33 PM	#12
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03-29-2007, 01:35 PM	#1
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03-29-2007, 01:41 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Dude with the beard and hat in the second picture has his mouth clamped damn tight there. This tragedy reminds me of robbing the pillars in coal mining. Stupid greed. Plain and simple.

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