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Old 09-02-2005, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew
Let me put it to you this way... when the Titanic struck the iceburg, it was those in the upperclass who were taken care of first.

The lowerclass passengers were left to fend for themselves, because they were viewed as nothing more than riff-raff who had nothing to offer society the way that the upperclass passengers supposedly did.

The situation in New Orleans is really no different. We had opportunities to protect those who couldn't protect themselves, and we blew it. We failed thousands of people, and it's sickening.
*applause*
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