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Shpoop · 12-30-2004, 09:57 PM

this was my train of thought:

-wow, a tsunami
-holy shit, over 150,000 dead, this is one of the worst tragedies ever
-wait a second, World War II killed over 60,000,000

now dont get me wrong, im not trying to take away from the tragedy in any way, or the people that were lost in it. my heart goes out to all of them and their families. but we have to worry about ourselves alot more than we have to worry about nature. many many more people have died from starvation and civil wars in the same level of third world countries, and did receive anywhere near this amount of pity. im not saying these people don't deserve it, im saying that regrettably, there are many other people who deserve it too but dont receive it.

12-30-2004, 09:57 PM	#36 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	this was my train of thought: -wow, a tsunami -holy shit, over 150,000 dead, this is one of the worst tragedies ever -wait a second, World War II killed over 60,000,000 now dont get me wrong, im not trying to take away from the tragedy in any way, or the people that were lost in it. my heart goes out to all of them and their families. but we have to worry about ourselves alot more than we have to worry about nature. many many more people have died from starvation and civil wars in the same level of third world countries, and did receive anywhere near this amount of pity. im not saying these people don't deserve it, im saying that regrettably, there are many other people who deserve it too but dont receive it.