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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Have you ever BEEN to New Orleans, Ric? I have. My mother has a photo of her shocked face reacting to some of the perverseness that goes on there.
As for racist? RACIST? How is what I said racist? I'm simply stating that there ARE bad people in New Orleans, obviously, and that it was a well known fact before the flood. My mom said she knew a guy who got his wallet taken from his pocket in broad daylight.
Never did I say EVERYONE or MOST of the people were like that, just simply stated fact: it exists. Is your view of the city so sanitized that you don't know about it?
Good point, Chaltab. New Orleans is nothing if not a city of contrast. There are five-star restaurants, beautiful architecture, terrific museums and examples of the best of human culture and creativity literally next door to and mingled with people and places whose crudity and depravity knows no end. Looking through one eye you see a place that I loved for three days and (until a few days ago) would love to visit again. Wink and look through the other eye, and you'll find a hive of scum and villainy so wretched it makes Mos Eisley look like frickin' Disney World.
This has nothing to do with race. There are folks in New Orleans of all races who want to take their families to safety, others who want to try and help their fellow men, and disruptive assbags who are making a bad situation horrible and deserve to be shot where they stand.