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Originally Posted by Firebird67dude
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Originally Posted by BarneyMobile
How about I crack a joke about 9/11, or Hurricane Katrina,or even Pearl Harbor, would that be funny? NO, it wouldn't, so what makes Haiti any different?
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The difference is that this could not be controled by man. A person nor a group of people made the quake happen. 9/11 was a group of terrorists. Pearl Harbor was a group of people, the quake was the earth, not caused by souly by humans. |
I see the similarity is the thousands of people lost their lives at no fault of their own. And I'm ignoring the fact that this particular even killed maybe 60 times more people than Sept 11 because I don't think that is entirely relevant. I'm not really sure how a person doing it vs. a nature makes it any more or less ok.
While one might argue this just bolsters the stereotype held outside of the US that all Americans are selfish, arrogant and classless, I honestly think it is just disassociation at play here. Just about all of us knew someone impacted by Sept 11 and that makes it personal at some level. This Haiti thing is so much more remote to the average American, so it is easier to be flippant about it.
Tim, you are a big USMC supporter, so let me re-ask the question but changing the names: If that was 200 Marines killed by an earthquake and people here decided to tell jokes about it, is that ok with you? Or would you be pissed? Would it be better or worse if those Marines were killed by a person? Does that really alter your thinking on the subject? Really? I'd be pissed in either scenario. My guess is you would be too.
As far as letting this stand, well, I don't think any rules are being broken. I think this is a case of if you don't want to see don't click. As BarneyMobile correctly said, you'll probably end up losing respect for someone.
Carry on.