Originally posted by sasquatch672Well, this is a Debate forum; do you want to take the pro-earthquake or anti-earthquake side?
I'll start the earthquake thread.
Apparently 2,000 Indonesians are dead following today's 8.7 earthquake. That number will surely rise.
Where's all the hemming and hawing over their souls? Surely, 2,000 dead is more than one dead. Simple math. Shouldn't we spend 2,000 times as much effort and emotional energy FREAKING OUT over their de ...[text shortened]... e imminent death of one poor soul who hasn't been conscious at all over the last fifteen years?
Originally posted by XanthosNZNot confused at all 'dude'....but we can't be too careful these days with what we say, can we?....someone MAY take what you say literally, so do us 'literalists' a favor and save the sarcasm for trivial topics instead of tragedys where thousands of people die.....
I'm sure to everyone else who read this thread that was blatent sarcasm. In the future I will be sure to clearly mark all my sarcasm for your benefit. We wouldn't want you to get confused would we.
Originally posted by chancremechanicNote: I didn't make fun of the people who died but the person above me who said it isn't their 'repondsiblity' [sic]. There is a difference.
Not confused at all 'dude'....but we can't be too careful these days with what we say, can we?....someone MAY take what you say literally, so do us 'literalists' a favor and save the sarcasm for trivial topics instead of tragedys where thousands of people die.....
Originally posted by sasquatch672I certainly hope that Randall Terry will go minister there and rebuild his frequent flyer miles.
I'll start the earthquake thread.
Apparently 2,000 Indonesians are dead following today's 8.7 earthquake. That number will surely rise.
Where's all the hemming and hawing over their souls? Surely, 2,000 dead is more than one dead. Simple math. Shouldn't we spend 2,000 times as much effort and emotional energy FREAKING OUT over their de ...[text shortened]... e imminent death of one poor soul who hasn't been conscious at all over the last fifteen years?
