maoriboy 0 Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 For me to compare the tragedy in Pakistan to the Indo tsunami and the recent hurricanes in The USA just by judging the responses on this forum? When the previously mentioned disasters occurred they had separate threads with people expressing shock, sympathy and blame, often degenerating to finger pointing and heated discussions. But this tragedy in Pakistan, which has claimed over 13,000 lives at last count, has neither it own thread and barely a mention in another. Are we becoming blase about such things or do we just dont care so much about the people in Pakistan? I sure hope we havent. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 I was thinking the same - though there is a thread gamera made about disasters just after the Pakistan quake and it did get some talk in the earthquake thread. With what seems like an endless string of these events, it's sad that we might become blase about it all - (I very much doubt it has to do with any not caring about Pakistan feelings!) Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 I didnt even know about the disaster until Tuesday Didnt see a TV from Thursday night until Tuesday Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Yamakashi: I didnt even know about the disaster until Tuesday Didnt see a TV from Thursday night until Tuesday Me, too! ( well monday evening) The Bali bombs didn't even get a mention this time either.. Maybe people getting sck of bad news? Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 Either that or it isnt controversial enough i.e. cant blame Bush or global warming or Al Qaeda.. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 I've been too busy to talk about it up here, but it's pretty shocking and very tragic and is on my mind, and the bombings were pretty shocking too. I didn't find out about either of them straight away. I read one guy saying of Bali that they were warned not to go there that night: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1472843.htm I kept the link, and am wondering if it will mysteriously disappear once some kind of "official" story comes out. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by maoriboy: ...or do we just dont care so much about the people in Pakistan? That is the reason. Most will deny it. I dont suggest that people knowingly think 'ah, who gives a shit'. It is a little like the 100's that get killed every week in Iraq. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Article in the Independant on such matter. Link to post Share on other sites
misorano 1 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 C'mon guys. Use the news formula will ya! 1 whitey = 5 non-whitey 5 non-whitey = 100 asian 100 asian = all sorts of shit anywhere else in the world * 10,000 all sorts of shit anywhere else in the world * 10,000= who give's a f__k. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 It's hard to express, but here goes anyway. Their life is very much removed from ours. We're not sure if they think like us at all, or if they like us at all. In some of these areas that have been hit, Westerners have had their heads cut off (some of the first to experience that joy, a good many years before those in Chechnya, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.) There are very few of 'us' there, and even the Indian and Pakistani governments have a hard time there. This can make empathy hard. However, when I see on TV what condition they're in, I reason that most of them have not cut off Westerner's heads, that they don't get much from their respective governments, and that they could do with a tent at the minimum. As they haven't obviously voted for an idiot like Bush either, I feel inclined to do what I can to help. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 There are many disasters competing for our sympathy and the closer it is to home the more you are affected I guess. What about all the slow starvation and dysentry related deaths, or malaria for that matter? These are disasterous too and it's hard to know how to prioritize. I sympathised with the victims of Katrina but didn't feel compelled to donate money. For the Pakistan earthquake we've given some money to Unicef-did the same for the tsunami. I wish I could send one of those families the tent we've got sitting in the closet. Link to post Share on other sites
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