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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
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.

Well what doesn't help is evacuating the prision (and this is what I heard on the news, and I still can't believe this is true) and putting them up at the Superdome in general population without the proper gaurds. They let them rome free and walk out. That I can't believe what happened.

After going through 3 of these things last year (living in south FL), and Katrina this year as well I'm just amazed at ugly things have gotten. Hopefully with the recent events and the army finally bringing some aid will help restore order.
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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.
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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.


I'm sorry if I was misunderstood, and I think I used the wrong term, I deeply apologise. What I meant is that it's a bad stereotype judgment, which I wrongly called "racism".
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
Thats why i'm going to stay 18 forever!

Then you'll never get past draft age. Grow old with us, dude.
I am fluent in over six million forms of procrastination.
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If you're gonna freeze your age, at least wait until you're a couple of years older than the ever-replenishing supply of college freshman girls. Sheesh, kids today.
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
Thats why i'm going to stay 18 forever!

Then you'll never get past draft age. Grow old with us, dude.


Ever wonder if you are immortal what happends when you get your head chopped off?
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That depends on whether you're merely unable to die of natural causes or totally impervious to death. If it's the former, your head will lie on the ground (hopefully face up) as you use your final seconds to silently mouthe out some silly dying words like "oh my." But if you're unkillable, your body walks around in a big circle until your head sees it and guides the rest of yourself to pick up your detached noggin, all the while muttering "sonuvabitch, not again. I won't be able to turn my head or eat solid food for weeks."

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It's kind of messed up how I'm sitting here in my room eating Burger King, and watching TV, when just a few hundred miles away, people are dying and looting and raping and all that. Just a week ago, those people were all living normally. Now, most of them are homeless.
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Well I hope you BK is damn good!! Personally I would pick looting over BK
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That is good to hear, I have a friend that moved down there a couple years ago, no word from him.
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Originally posted by: segaflip
Well I hope you BK is damn good!! Personally I would pick looting over BK


BKS fries and chicken nuggets I like but the rest is yucky.
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George Bush doesn't care about black people


How mean of kanye, but it is funny.
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I SERIOUSLY hope that this does not turn into a topic of racial warefare by some idiots who can't see past their own nose.

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Originally posted by: sean wookie
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Originally posted by: segaflip
Well I hope you BK is damn good!! Personally I would pick looting over BK


BKS fries and chicken nuggets I like but the rest is yucky.


They do have some good fries!
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oh yeah they have BigMacs too, can you believe my 24 yr old girlfriend had never had a bigmac until 2 months ago.
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Yeah I thought so too, now she love them, a little too much