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I couldn't believe it when a family member told me of it, it was only when I saw it on the news did I believe it. What a devastating thing to happen to the communities in the coast areas of those countries. Not only are thousands dead but their whole villages and infrastructure have been demolished, how many years will it be before they get them back to what they were.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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It’s lucky that Singapore is sheltered by other land masses in the region so we only feel tremors that last about 5 min in some areas. I don’t know what we will do if we were hit by a Tsunami as we have not suffer any natural disasters before.
Phuket have over 300 dead and rising. I heard that the Thai king lost his 21 year old son who was at the beach when it strikes & there are 4 Singaporeans dead two adults and 2 children aged between 3 & 6.
I feel really sad that so many people lost their life.
Hope that you heard good news about your brother soon, Lemurmania
From this land I was made
For this land I will fall
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Still no word from my bro, but I guess that's not surprising. The infrastructure must be pretty beaten up, and I can only-too-easily picture a scenario where someone might get cut off for a few days.
I'm going to give it another 48 hours before I start sweating.
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total dead are 21000+
sad, very sad.
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You still must be worried as hell. I hope it turns out well.Originally Posted by Lemurmania
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they are saying it could be over 50,000 dead
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Do you know who they were? Names?
Were they teachers?
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
-- John Stewart Mills
But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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I am not sure if they are teachers but I think one of them is called Beana Suwen.
I have a correction to make it’s the Thai’s King 21 year old grandson that was killed not his son. Sorry about that
Now those countries hurt by the tsunami have another problem on hand – mass epidemic out break due to a lack of clean water and sanitation.
One disaster after another.
From this land I was made
For this land I will fall
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http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...2330-7268r.htm
Gotta love this response. Western Countries and mainly the United States contribute more money and aid than any other country in the world and again we are the bad guys. Unbelievable. Even though it won't be apreciated, I'm still sending some money and cloths. I wonder how much money and aid China, North Korea, or Cuba are sending. I also wonder how much the United Nations will contribute? Of course if one of their aid workers stumps his/her toe, they'll pull out quicker than a UN election official on a Venezualin hooker. Maybe Koffi and his buddies, I'm sure including Jan Egeland, could spare some change from the millions that got in kick backs over the years.
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RIP Tosa
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To that I can only say that people who would like to give more are free to do so without giving the money to the government first."There are several donors who are less generous than before in a growing world economy," he said, adding that politicians in the United States and Europe "believe that they are really burdening the taxpayers too much, and the taxpayers want to give less. It's not true. They want to give more."
I personally use this liberty and have a better feeling donating my money directly to organizations like the Red Cross.
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How true -
O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean
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Do I pull this trigger and kill that person?
Do I strap all these explosives about my person and kill these people?
.......................Kind of brings things into perspective doesn't it?
About now we all need to decide how we can help our fellow man. Those poor, poor people
.........Orda
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I just heard that 29,000+ are definately dead, and it could rise to 60,000. One hell of a tidal wave. Anyways, that's nothing compared to the volcano in the canary islands. When it breaks in half, bye bye to America's western seaboard.
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its at 60,000 now
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