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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:05 PM Original message |
So were the New York victims of Sept. 11 called refugees? |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. American evacuee survivors.. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. there weren't MILLIONS of HOMELESS created that day...... |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I didn't know that |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. the metropolitan population of New Orleans ALONE was roughly 2 MILLION.... |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Do you have any idea how many people became homeless |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. At least one person made homeless in NYC considered himself a refugee. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. No comparison. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. so very few huh? |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes. Few people lost their homes on 9/11. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I'm just asking the question if there had been more survivors |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Hypothetical but I don't see why they wouldn't have been called refugees |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. It's the difference between a local fire and a geographic catastrophy. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. The "People of New Orleans", that's the way it started out |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Yes, they're Americans. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. The two really can't be |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. But if there would have been more survivors |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Would wealthy stockbrokers, NYC fireman, police be referred to as refugees |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. As should the BLACK VICTIMS of this disaster |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Hear, hear! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Perhaps, if they couldn't return home |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. I guess I don't get it |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't think so because most of them died. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'll respectfully not use the term refugee because NOLA residents object |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. They put the word "refugee" out there to further dehumanize |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I hate this administration but I can't pin this on them |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. FAUX likely used the term first---upon Rove's instructions n/t |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. "Refugee" dehumanizes NOLA residents? |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Oh, Cut It Out. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Agreed. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. That is completely untrue I call on you to show me what you have done |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I am driving a camper trailer to Houston to donate to a refugee family. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. IT IS THE BLACK CAUCUS THAT IS SAYING THIS! |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. You should look at your own biases before accusing others |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Back atcha, seemslikeadream. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I posted my last remark as you were posting this |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Great! |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Thanks and I just wanted you to know my family also sent 300 generators |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. These thread were just in my bookmark |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. You've got it! Very well expressed. I feel grateful. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Perception manipulation, in a very sinister form. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Former NO Mayor Marc Morial and the Black Caucus oppose the term refugee |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. They're right. Of course, if I was in NO I think I'd prefer to |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. They are refugees but I respect the leaders who view this word as negative |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Glad to learn he said it. This is THEIR (flood victems) homeland. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. I believe that for those 28,000 plus New Orleans residents who were ..... |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yes who will be the next to be isolated and removed from their homes |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. 10 bucks says... |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. They are refugees |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Not once! And countless were left homeless as their homes were too |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. good god...just drop it |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. The former Mayor of New Orleans was on Meet the Press this morning |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
37. Most of the victims in New Orleans are Black, so |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. MSM, has been running for cover, behind those, hyper-critical,5yr too |
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ticapnews (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
53. I recall seeing the images of people walking out of the city... |
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