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Old 09-04-2005, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by EnchantedSLN
It's unrealistic to think that every single life could have been spared in a natural disaster of this magnitude. But it's even more ridiculous to think the preparation and response we've seen, given the information and resources we had, is the best we could muster. And I find it really condescending to chastise people for "griping" about massive loss of life (and we are talking about loss of life here; people aren't complaining about broken fingernails) when much of it was reasonably preventable .
You sure hit the nail on the head with everything you just said, Tiffany.
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