http://zota.org/2005/09/02/hurricane-exploitation-the-quotes/ there is no zota layer Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:35:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://zota.org/2005/09/02/hurricane-exploitation-the-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-42 zota » Fat Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:50:27 +0000 http://zota.org/?p=111#comment-42 [...] Continuing to update the horror show of hurricane exploitation quotes. This one from Glenn Reynolds deserves a little extra mention since it such a clear demonstration of how rich conservatives think, which is essentially that the dumb lazy bitch deserved what she got: Most poor people in America can afford food (that’s why so many poor people are fat). They do have other problems that make preparation less likely, though (if you’re the kind of person who thinks ahead and prepares for emergencies, you’re much less likely to be poor to begin with) [...] [...] Continuing to update the horror show of hurricane exploitation quotes. This one from Glenn Reynolds deserves a little extra mention since it such a clear demonstration of how rich conservatives think, which is essentially that the dumb lazy bitch deserved what she got: Most poor people in America can afford food (that’s why so many poor people are fat). They do have other problems that make preparation less likely, though (if you’re the kind of person who thinks ahead and prepares for emergencies, you’re much less likely to be poor to begin with) [...]

]]> http://zota.org/2005/09/02/hurricane-exploitation-the-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Jason Sun, 04 Sep 2005 04:01:08 +0000 http://zota.org/?p=111#comment-32 Ted, you wrote that comment about the compassionate shooting of looters on the 31st, when The New Orleans police -- those who were still alive -- had their hands quite full trying to save as many dying people as they could. The National Guard <strong>started</strong> arriving in New Orleans yesterday, three days later. So if you weren\'t talking about vigilante assassination, exactly who <em>were</em> you suggesting should shoot the looters? And as for the "random" part, who do you suggest should decide if someone is looting as opposed to scavenging for survival? Let\'s say a crowd is looting a drug store, with some looking for any drugs they can find, while some are trying to find insulin before they die. Should your hypothetical sniper pick a few targets according to taste? Or should they Should they just kill \'em all, since that\'s the most compassinate thing to do? Sorry Ted. Your compassion still sounds an awful lot like random bigillante violence to me... Hey, here\'s a better solution than advocating assassination without saying who will carry it our or how they will choose their victims -- start mobilizing the National Guard to keep order <strong>when the storm first hits</strong>. Ted, you wrote that comment about the compassionate shooting of looters on the 31st, when The New Orleans police — those who were still alive — had their hands quite full trying to save as many dying people as they could. The National Guard started arriving in New Orleans yesterday, three days later. So if you weren\’t talking about vigilante assassination, exactly who were you suggesting should shoot the looters?
And as for the “random” part, who do you suggest should decide if someone is looting as opposed to scavenging for survival? Let\’s say a crowd is looting a drug store, with some looking for any drugs they can find, while some are trying to find insulin before they die. Should your hypothetical sniper pick a few targets according to taste? Or should they Should they just kill \’em all, since that\’s the most compassinate thing to do?
Sorry Ted. Your compassion still sounds an awful lot like random bigillante violence to me…
Hey, here\’s a better solution than advocating assassination without saying who will carry it our or how they will choose their victims — start mobilizing the National Guard to keep order when the storm first hits.

]]> http://zota.org/2005/09/02/hurricane-exploitation-the-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Ted F Sat, 03 Sep 2005 23:26:42 +0000 http://zota.org/?p=111#comment-31 Please identify for me where I\'ve ever suggested, much less endorsed, "random vigilante assassinations." Certainly not in the text you quoted. Given that the initial failure to maintain order is directly responsible for delays in rescue that killed dozens, and perhaps hundreds, and may end up leaving the city destroyed by arson, I fail to see what is wrong with my observation that it would be far more compassionate to the victims of Katrina to provide them a safe environment through aggressive law enforcement than to have left them at the mercy of thugs and gangsters for several days. Please identify for me where I\’ve ever suggested, much less endorsed, “random vigilante assassinations.” Certainly not in the text you quoted.
Given that the initial failure to maintain order is directly responsible for delays in rescue that killed dozens, and perhaps hundreds, and may end up leaving the city destroyed by arson, I fail to see what is wrong with my observation that it would be far more compassionate to the victims of Katrina to provide them a safe environment through aggressive law enforcement than to have left them at the mercy of thugs and gangsters for several days.

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