| August 31st, 2005 08:46 PM |
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| jcdesq |
God bless the fine people of the Crescent City. They have given us the best food and music on the planet, and now need our help. Please donate. Please.
It would be great to see the Stones do some sort of charity concert to help out that great city and the other effected areas. Much of the Stones sound and influence comes from the African-American musicians from New Orleans and Mississippi area and it would be great to see them give back.
A question for the good people of other countries (not the USA). How much coverage is the disaster getting in the media? Has there been any effort to mobilize aid for the people in need? It would be interesting to know how this great tragedy is being portrayed outside the USA. |
| August 31st, 2005 08:57 PM |
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| glencar |
They were supposed to play there on March 11 next year but who knows now? It'd be nice if they did & donated the proceeds to help the victims. |
| August 31st, 2005 09:13 PM |
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| jcdesq |
Did I read correctly that somebody that calls themselves "Sir Stonesalot" turned the hurricane and destruction of the United States most charming and soulful city a political issue? Is that serious?
As a democrat and a resident of a "blue state," I am ashamed. People wonder why the democratic party can get it together. |
| August 31st, 2005 09:47 PM |
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| Angiegirl |
I just posted this in the Hurricane thread.
Edited a bit here, because my post was originally aimed at the 'lack-of-foreign-aid' remarks earlier in that thread.
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As more images and info come in about the disaster, people get more conscious about the scale of horror at the other side the big pond and react horror-strucken accordingly. Everyone I spoke to about it sympathises with the victims, theorising what it must be like to come back there and have nothing left, or to lose family and friends over this.
Don't forget that this isn't covered in foreign media like it is non-stop on CNN or Fox or any US news channel, try looking at this from an foreign point of view. Taiwan has a few typhoons I believe, Iraq just lost 1,000 people due to some ignorant stupid fucks attacking them, Russia is commemorating the deaths at the Beslan tragedy (1 year ago today). My point is: it's top news next to their own top news. Just trying to explain how it is outside the US. People don't have a full idea about how things are, not like most of you, getting the in-depth non-stop coverage.
Example of Dutch newspaper websites, just as an example to give you an idea:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/ (US disaster first, scandal about our own agricultural minister second)
http://www.nrc.nl/ (Iraq tragedy first, US tragedy underneath, both top news)
http://www.ad.nl/ (US, then Iraq)
http://www.volkskrant.nl/ (US, then Iraq)
http://www.parool.nl/ (Iraq, no US on frontpage)
http://www.spitsnet.nl/ (football...)
http://www.trouw.nl/ (Iraq)
It is covered, but media react more massively when cold hard numbers are coming in, that's the way the media operate everywhere (unfortunately). As soon as the news came in about possibly thousands of deaths in the US, it was put at the top. Before that, Iraq had already announced death toll (965), so that was top news first.
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| August 31st, 2005 09:54 PM |
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| gypsy |
quote:
jcdesq wrote:
Did I read correctly that somebody that calls themselves "Sir Stonesalot" turned the hurricane and destruction of the United States most charming and soulful city a political issue? Is that serious?
As a democrat and a resident of a "blue state," I am ashamed. People wonder why the democratic party can get it together.
We don't start new posts about the same topics around here. Please post at "Hurricane Katrina."
Or are you scared of Sir Stonesalot?
You don't stand a chance against him. |
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