Bernardo de La Paz
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Mon Sep-05-05 07:31 PM
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Are New Orleans Lives Worth Less than New York Lives? |
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There was a big outcry for government compensation to New Yorker lives after Sept. 11, 2001. Are New Orleans lives worth any less? There should be a fund for their families just the same. Especially since the terrorists in charge of the government and FEMA chopped emergency phone lines, blocked doctors, and stopped trucks full of water.
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Mon Sep-05-05 07:48 PM
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any more than some New Yorkers' lives were literally worth more than others. I hope that everyone gets compensated and I hope everyone gets compensated without being subject to the cruel mathematics used to figure out what an individual's loss (i.e., earning power) was worth.
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Mon Sep-05-05 07:50 PM
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2. Of course they are worth less to our government |
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The citizens of New Orleans did not elect a Rep mayor or Governor. Their standard of living is less than that of New Yorkers.
And we get to the main thing---- they are southerners.
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Mon Sep-05-05 11:40 PM
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3. New Orleans lives are definitely not worth less than NY lives, but . . . |
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poor black lives are most assuredly worth less than affluent white lives . . . at least in the eyes of our government . . .
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Mon Sep-05-05 11:41 PM
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4. I guess they are. Leslie said they are very poor and very black. |
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Mon Sep-05-05 11:42 PM
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5. Judging by what we've seen this week - it would appear as such...! |
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