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Why is this here???
Dear community members
Well, The news story that inspired my last post in this thread was nothing compared to the earth quake in Peru.
http://www.google.com/search?q=earth%20quake%20in%20peru
So I am sorry for my whining post above when I really should have been looking elsewhere. Its as if the world is on fire and the fuel is human life. So PLEASE: Take a moment to pray for or send thoughts to or love or help; according to your beliefs, any and all of the Souls suffering in the human race and all emergency and Aid and first responders.
If you hear an ambulance fire or police remember all those involved, as they could just as easily be you. We are all one disaster or mistake away from being the other guy.
Thank you.
Well, The news story that inspired my last post in this thread was nothing compared to the earth quake in Peru.
http://www.google.com/search?q=earth%20quake%20in%20peru
So I am sorry for my whining post above when I really should have been looking elsewhere. Its as if the world is on fire and the fuel is human life. So PLEASE: Take a moment to pray for or send thoughts to or love or help; according to your beliefs, any and all of the Souls suffering in the human race and all emergency and Aid and first responders.
If you hear an ambulance fire or police remember all those involved, as they could just as easily be you. We are all one disaster or mistake away from being the other guy.
Thank you.
The world is on fire and people is the fuel???
Intentions").
Frontline
On Our Watch (New) 2:00 AM, 1 hr
Thu 11/22/2007
KETC 9
Documentary/News/Other
English, Letterbox, 2007
An examination of the genocide in Sudan's Darfur region, which has resulted in the deaths of some 200,000 people and forced some 2.5 million from their homes. Included: UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow visits refugee camps in Chad in hopes of drawing attention to the genocide. Also: comments from activist Eric Reeves; Dr. Mukesh Kapila, a former UN coordinator for Sudan; Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem, Sudan's UN ambassador; and James Traub ("The Best
Intentions").
Frontline
On Our Watch (New) 2:00 AM, 1 hr
Thu 11/22/2007
KETC 9
Documentary/News/Other
English, Letterbox, 2007
An examination of the genocide in Sudan's Darfur region, which has resulted in the deaths of some 200,000 people and forced some 2.5 million from their homes. Included: UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow visits refugee camps in Chad in hopes of drawing attention to the genocide. Also: comments from activist Eric Reeves; Dr. Mukesh Kapila, a former UN coordinator for Sudan; Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem, Sudan's UN ambassador; and James Traub ("The Best
Talking is not stopping any thing. I propose that we all got to the camps members of all nations who have taken from Mother Africa. We stand in frount of the souldures and ask them ti kill us.
We say you kill me and leave these children of the Mother Africa. If you kill me you must kill all of us but if you kill these children then you must kill me...
When the fist group is slawtered then another group is rready to stand in the way waves of us walk out in fount of the guns. the fields bleed and the ground drinks not of the blood of the children of Africa but the lost tribes of her rapists from across the globe.
Will the ground ever be satisfied . Will the blood thirst be quenched???
We say you kill me and leave these children of the Mother Africa. If you kill me you must kill all of us but if you kill these children then you must kill me...
When the fist group is slawtered then another group is rready to stand in the way waves of us walk out in fount of the guns. the fields bleed and the ground drinks not of the blood of the children of Africa but the lost tribes of her rapists from across the globe.
Will the ground ever be satisfied . Will the blood thirst be quenched???
Do you have a gun in your house?
Who else knows that gun is there?
Are you sure that gun is secure and cannot be used to kill innocent people?
Who else knows that gun is there?
Are you sure that gun is secure and cannot be used to kill innocent people?
If you own or have a gun get your life straight. Get your gun locked and secured.
If you can't get right get rid of the gun. Turn in guns and save lives!?.
Well put, Sativarg.
Having lived in Australia for my entire life, where the only people that have a licence for a gun are those that actually need it, namely farmers and police, I have not been affected by any gun related incidents. Though I have visited the site in Tasmania of one of, if not the worst, massacres in either Australia or America.
However, these events in other countries, particularly America, sadden me, man's inhumanity to man and all that. While there will probably not be a president with the willpower or foresight to bring in gun control, the hope remains. To quote you in your previous posts: "Take a moment to pray for or send thoughts to or love or help, according to your beliefs, to any and all of the victims." Have some empathy, please. Then maybe this will stop, you never know,
Cris.
Having lived in Australia for my entire life, where the only people that have a licence for a gun are those that actually need it, namely farmers and police, I have not been affected by any gun related incidents. Though I have visited the site in Tasmania of one of, if not the worst, massacres in either Australia or America.
However, these events in other countries, particularly America, sadden me, man's inhumanity to man and all that. While there will probably not be a president with the willpower or foresight to bring in gun control, the hope remains. To quote you in your previous posts: "Take a moment to pray for or send thoughts to or love or help, according to your beliefs, to any and all of the victims." Have some empathy, please. Then maybe this will stop, you never know,
Cris.
I'm glad that you agree Crisb92 I was given a gun three times in my 48 years and Two of them were turned into the police. The first time I got caught with a gun in my house when an unrelated incidence brought it to the attention of local police. I had to pay a fine for being in Possession of a fire arm with out a F.O.I.D. card. The second gun I turned in because having it made me nervous. The third was an antique and is now on in display in a friends home under lock and key. If that makes me a wimp so be it. I'd rather sleep soundly.
Severe weather, tornadoes kill 45 across Southern US states.
Holidays begin in snow-hit China
QUOTE("CNN")
(CNN) -- Tornadoes that roared through parts of Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi killed at least 45 people and injured more than 100 others Tuesday night and early Wednesday, authorities said.
Where I was it only rained very hard. The temperature was some 50 DegF to warm for the time of year. Then as a front moved through it triggered heavy rains in my aria. Farther south the change was much more violent. These storms hit at a bad time. I hope the government and the citizens in the affected arias can work quickly and effectively to clean up and heal their communities.Holidays begin in snow-hit China
QUOTE("BBC NEWS")
More than 3,000 electricians and troops are repairing power lines in Chenzhou city, where four million residents have been without electricity for 12 days.
The worst snow in decades has brought chaos to vast areas of central and southern provinces.
But transport gridlock is easing as roads and railways are being cleared.
The snow has coincided with China's busiest travelling season, with millions of people trying to return home for the festive week.
Chinese New Year actually falls on Thursday, but people traditionally begin celebrations on New Year's Eve.
Many of those who had been stranded are now on their way home, according to state media, but millions more have given up on the idea of travelling.
I hope the People of china can recover and that the unfolding damages from this crisis do not lead to extended hardships and deaths.
The worst snow in decades has brought chaos to vast areas of central and southern provinces.
But transport gridlock is easing as roads and railways are being cleared.
The snow has coincided with China's busiest travelling season, with millions of people trying to return home for the festive week.
Chinese New Year actually falls on Thursday, but people traditionally begin celebrations on New Year's Eve.
Many of those who had been stranded are now on their way home, according to state media, but millions more have given up on the idea of travelling.
Although no one has mentioned it on the news, southern Missouri was also hit by tornados. My grandmother had to hide in her storm shelter last night.
QUOTE(freddycashmercury @ Feb 6 2008, 09:23 AM) 
Although no one has mentioned it on the news, southern Missouri was also hit by tornados. My grandmother had to hide in her storm shelter last night.
I'm glad She is OK.QUOTE("BBC NEWS")
The rare winter storms - ranking among the 15 worst tornado clusters in US history - killed at least 24 people in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and four in Alabama.President Bush offered disaster relief to those affected. "Prayers can help and so can the government," he said. ...
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"It just took the house and everything and my horses and my dog," Dara Reasonover told CNN. "I don't know if they're alive or dead, but we'll make it."
QUOTE("BBC readers")
There were numerous severe weather warnings on TV but i did not think it would get this bad. For most of the day the weather was normal but around 8pm the wind started blowing ferociously. All of a sudden we could hear sirens and we were ordered to the ground floor of our dormitory. After about half an hour it quickly became calm again. Luckily for us Arkansas State University was not damaged.
Macnos Mutano, Jonesboro, USA
We are in Starkville, Mississippi and are getting hit by the severe weather really bad right now and I'm surprised that we still have power and internet capabilities. It is unknown how bad the aftermath of the storm will be until the sun rises. We are still fearful of tornadoes here. Please keep us in your intentions.
Trevor Caulkins, Starkville, Mississippi USA
I live in Jackson, Tennessee, and watched the tornado as it passed less than a half-mile from where I was standing. There are 8 students still trapped in the University, as one of the dormitories has collapsed. As well as 50 elderly trapped inside a retirement home that collapsed. It has definitely been a terrifying night. Trees, buildings, power lines, street lights...they are down all over the place.
Meaghan, Jackson, Tennessee, US
A friend's mother was hiding in a bathtub in Jackson, TN. We have not heard from her as of this time because phone lines are down. This is not the first time for tornadoes to rip through that area. The Main Street was destroyed a few years back in the same town.
Vloxy, Dallas, TX
Macnos Mutano, Jonesboro, USA
We are in Starkville, Mississippi and are getting hit by the severe weather really bad right now and I'm surprised that we still have power and internet capabilities. It is unknown how bad the aftermath of the storm will be until the sun rises. We are still fearful of tornadoes here. Please keep us in your intentions.
Trevor Caulkins, Starkville, Mississippi USA
I live in Jackson, Tennessee, and watched the tornado as it passed less than a half-mile from where I was standing. There are 8 students still trapped in the University, as one of the dormitories has collapsed. As well as 50 elderly trapped inside a retirement home that collapsed. It has definitely been a terrifying night. Trees, buildings, power lines, street lights...they are down all over the place.
Meaghan, Jackson, Tennessee, US
A friend's mother was hiding in a bathtub in Jackson, TN. We have not heard from her as of this time because phone lines are down. This is not the first time for tornadoes to rip through that area. The Main Street was destroyed a few years back in the same town.
Vloxy, Dallas, TX
In Finland we don't really have much incidents caused by nature. This is in every way quite a stable country. However we had recently a school shooting incident where was killed about ten people including students and few teachers. Also the shooter made suicide. Though, it was "only" ten victims, it was quite large scale thing in here. It was in news even in US in some states.
So sad...
So sad...
QUOTE(decal_mirror @ Feb 8 2008, 11:17 AM)
Though, it was "only" ten victims, it was quite large scale thing in here. It was in news even in US in some states.
So sad...
Any time young people, for what ever reason, turn to this sort of violence it is tragic and hard to understand. Although the authors of the wikipedia article School shooting state:So sad...
QUOTE
School shootings receive extensive media coverage but are infrequent.[1] They often result in nationwide changes of schools' policies concerning discipline and security. Some experts have described fears about school shootings as a type of moral panic.[2]
I believe no such incident is insignificant and that modern societies have to try to find effective ways to prevent them.QUOTE
The Jokela school shooting occurred on November 7, 2007 at Jokela High School (Finnish: Jokelan koulukeskus), a public secondary school in the town of Jokela, Tuusula municipality, Finland. The gunman was 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen. The incident resulted in the deaths of nine people: five male students (ages 16-18) and one female adult student (age 25); the school principal, Helena Kalmi (age 61); the school nurse (age 43); and Auvinen himself, who was also one of the school's students. One other person suffered gunshot wounds, and eleven people were injured by shattering glass while escaping from the school building. The day before the incident, Auvinen posted a video on YouTube predicting the massacre at the school.
This was the second school shooting in Finland. The previous incident occurred in 1989 at the Raumanmeri school in Rauma, when a 14-year-old fatally shot two fellow students.
This was the second school shooting in Finland. The previous incident occurred in 1989 at the Raumanmeri school in Rauma, when a 14-year-old fatally shot two fellow students.
Some really sad news here in Illinois. Its like the world is on fire and the fuel is people. I want to post the link in a User News I started months ago about such tragedies.
NIU
Not again?
I'll need to think about it though.
I realty don't have any business posting stuff like this but I want to say something to someone somewhere that will help stop the madness. does that make any sense?
NIU
Not again?
I'll need to think about it though.
I realty don't have any business posting stuff like this but I want to say something to someone somewhere that will help stop the madness. does that make any sense?
QUOTE(Sativarg @ Aug 23 2007, 04:32 PM)
PLEASE: Take a moment to pray for or send thoughts to or love or help, according to your beliefs, any and all of the flooding victims and the insurance industry and all emegency and first responders.
Floods
Thanks.
Floods
Thanks.
Will do, thanks for the information Sativarg.
Thanks for your support hoots7. 
I didn't know this thread was going to grow like this. I kinda just keep posting stuff here that seems important. No one has complained so far so I guess its OK.
I didn't know this thread was going to grow like this. I kinda just keep posting stuff here that seems important. No one has complained so far so I guess its OK.
QUOTE(Sativarg @ Feb 15 2008, 11:26 AM)
Thanks for your support hoots7.
I didn't know this thread was going to grow like this. I kinda just keep posting stuff here that seems important. No one has complained so far so I guess its OK.
I didn't know this thread was going to grow like this. I kinda just keep posting stuff here that seems important. No one has complained so far so I guess its OK.
You are very welcome Sativarg, I try to do what I can & praying is something we can all do.
QUOTE(Abramul @ Feb 15 2008, 03:22 PM)
I watched the video at the page linked. I don't doubt that games can and do play a part in some of the violent crimes we are seeing today. Should shooter games be banned completely?
I don't know.
If you put a rating on them and put them behind the counter you just make them more irresistible. I don't think this latest case has been linked to game violence conclusively yet but it wouldn't surprise me if it is.
What is the best course of action to take if game content is really to blame for even part of the carnage?
I do know it does no good just to ignore the problem.
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