|Bunghole| Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 I normally wouldn't post something like this, but I like being reminded of how lucky I really am, and how much the survivors of the Tsunami in Asia could use your help (money). I'm warning you, it's gruesome. [img]http://img84.exs.cx/img84/1977/tsunamivictims4nl0ah.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalsCat Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Yeah the death toll is at like 234K now... www.drudgereport.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 That is horrible. Imagine how terrible the clean-up is for this. I think i'm going to puke. Here's the link [url="http://img41.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img41&image=tsunamivictims4nl.jpg"]100's of tsunami victims[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bengalrick Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 that is the worst thing i've ever seen... no words can describe... i see why this is an "unpublished" photo though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I've seen that picture on this one website. I dont remember how I got there, but there was some other pictures that were even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I'm glad I started this thread. I had reservations about it, especially since anyone who regularly watches the news has probably recieved their fill of negativity, with regards to this Tsunami issue as well as other issues. What I really find compelling about these types of tragedies is what it does to people (I mean the ones that weren't killed)...tragedy unifies peoples across the globe unlike any other natural phenomenon. It is somehow uplifting to see the planet unite for a common cause, no matter how extreme it has to be to get people to care or even pay attention. I wish the same thing were true about Somalia, and anywhere in the world where people suffer as a result of subjugation, disease, famine or war. We are the richest nation ever in the history of the Earth and we DO give and help more in terms of $$$ than anyone else on this rock we call home. Yet somehow I always feel that we should be doing more to benefit humanity with our resources, instead of being so choosy about our military "interventions", humanitarian aid and such. if we're going to be the White Hat wearing world's policemen, we have to respond to pretty much [i][b][u]ALL [/u][/b][/i] cries for help, not just a few. And that's even given the state of the world after terrorism's upsurge. I think helping those across the globe will not only help our standing within the world outlook, it will make us better people. OK...I sound like a Democrat now. It's just that when I look at just HOW MANY dead bodies are in this photo, I instantly think about the family ramifications, like, "there's somebody's daddy"...well I'M somebody's Daddy and I can't imagine life without my Son. Yet here are all these people....and there are SO MANY! I guess I should stop now. The alcohol is taking effect. But you know what I mean. Don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I meant to add that the greatest reminder of tragedies such as these is that it's a refreshing dose of humility for those that live in Westernized countries that ever get caught up in thinking that their lives suck...I am eternally grateful for my good fortune to be alive, relatively well, an American, being richer than 2/3rds of the planet with just my measly pay, I am never hungry, etc etc. We are blessed and fortunate beyond belief. "Count your lucky stars" my Grandmother used to always say. I'm countin'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I want people to read and respond to this thread!! I will continue to bump it....starting tomorrow, I need my bed now...which 1/2 of the world probably doesn't enjoy...a bed, that is, with 1000 threadcount sheets and a firm mattress...ya get what I'm saying here people? Dammit.....feel guilty!! J/K, be thankful...it could be so much worse than what we have now.... Thanks for puting up with me, y'all..... [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/26.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalsCat Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 haha calm down dude u cant go talkin to urself now.. how is that fair when i try to highjack ur threads if u just keep bantering with urself?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalBeotch Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 That picture really shows the magnatude of the whole thing...Since I've had my son, I've turned into a major pansy and cry over everything...I feel sick and heart-struck for these people who have lost their fathers, mothers, children...like you said Bung, I couldn't imagine my life without my son....there are people grieving or searching for each person laying in that pool of debris...I couldn't imagine... I honestly don't think I would want to live if that happened to my family. p.s...you will always be BUNGHOLE to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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