So people still dying, dying of thirst, but we're playing football,MLB,etc

[billbuckhead]

We'll have NASCAR, college football, MFL. MLB, this holiday weekend, but people are dying of thirst as we watch.

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. Nice priorities, huh?

:puke:

[flamingyouth]

2. Yep.

Go team! :cry:

[2Design]

3. my feeling too n/t

[shraby]

4. Now if they'd donate the proceeds to

the relief efforts.....

[spuddonna]

5. Pathetic...

Probably the greatest natural disaster in our country, and where's the President to declare a national weekend of mourning?

I guess he has to 'get on' with his life...
:mad:

[Horse with no Name]

6. Yeah. Shows what a compassionate nation

They cancelled everything for 911.
People need to get their head around the fact that this was a WORSE national tragedy than 911.
Not to diminish the lives lost there--but if loss of life is the only yardstick...then Katrina beat it hands down.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. They couldn't even muster a moment of silence

for the victims.

[fishwax]

17. At the Utah-Arizona game Thursday they had a moment of silence

but it was for the former utah player who died after an NFL game last month :/

I don't think they should cancel all the games, but it is shameful that they haven't mustered a moment of silence, just as it's shameful that our flags have been at full mast.

[bluestateguy]

8. I don't see the 24/7 coverage on the major networks that we had after 9/11

It lasted for over a week, if I remember, with no corporate commercials. Instead they are still showing soap operas, talk shows, ball games and infomercials.

[Spike from MN]

18. I don't know why the major networks aren't covering this either.

I normally don't watch much TV at all but this week I've been tuning in only to discover that the major networks are all out to lunch on the whole ordeal. WTF?? OK, they're devoting their 1/2 hour of nightly news to covering the aftermath but that's it?? If I didn't have MSNBC I wouldn't have any coverage of it at all. As much as it pains me to watch that channel (except for KO), I've been watching it this week. The lack of major network coverage has me stymied. And pissed.

[marbuc]

9. People would die if we there weren't sporting events as well

I went to a college football game today, and it was a nice diversion.

[billbuckhead]

10. People are still motherfreeping dying as we speak

"They" wouldn't let the Red Cross.

[marbuc]

12. Wouldn't let the red cross do what?

Would people not die if there were no sporting or other cultural events? The event I went to raised $75,000 for the Red Cross, would we be better off without it?

[billbuckhead]

13. They aren't letting Red Cross workers into New Orleans to help

There are people still stranded like at sea.

[SaveElmer]

11. Why punish stadium workers?

Why punish the people who work those games. Most of the refreshment vendors etc work by the hour. Shutting down sporting events doesn;t do anything to help New Orleans, and only punishes those workers.

I'm going to a minor league game tomorrow, and spending part of my time working a collection table for hurricane relief. Everyone giving $10 or more gets a free imprinted baseball!!!

The team is also giving half of its game day sales to the red cross.

[Princess Turandot]

14. On day 1, the NY Yankees gave $1 million to the Red Cross for Katrina...

my impression was that sporting events were cancelled for a few weeks after 9/11 for some logistical reasons as well as the fact that 9/11 was viewed as an external attack of war. The airlines were not flying. Getting into and out of NYC was incredibly difficult.But then they started playing again. The season was not cancelled out of respect to NY'ers, nor would most NY'ers have wanted that.

This was a terrible natural disaster compounded by subsequent incompetence, but we generally do not stop professional sports because of events like these. Should movie theaters close too? How abt donut and ice cream shops? Pizza parlors?

I don't get why people are trying to create moral equivalents between things where they don't exist.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. You are making me feel guilty

I just got home from a busy day of holiday festivals. I just had to get out of the house and away from the TV coverage. I was crying last night and the night before watching the TV coverage of the hurricane. So we had a full day and went to a blues fest and then an Irish fest. And just after we got home, we find out that Rehnquest died. :cry:

[MercutioATC]

16. So we should do MORE damage to the economy?

Perhaps we should just shut down ALL businesses until people stop dying?

Geez...



:eyes:

[libertypirate]

19. I am pissed off there were advertisements on TV