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Most people (will attempt to) prepare At the last moment
Re: Most people (will attempt to) prepare At the last moment
by Bubba_Green » Sun 17 Aug 2008, 19:58:07
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Re: Most people (will attempt to) prepare At the last moment
by wisconsin_cur » Sat 20 Sep 2008, 06:23:22
In times of crisis people reach for the normal, whatever else that means they will "tune out." So they will prepare only after they can tune it out no longer. For an interesting story to illustrate... this threashold will be different for different people.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')n a Friday morning earlier this month, I finished some work, completed preregistration forms for the Florida hospital where I’m due to give birth in November, and thought about what groceries to buy for Saturday night’s dinner party. The news from the north of our home in Tbilisi didn’t strike me as unusual. In the breakaway region of South Ossetia, clashes continued between Georgian- and Ossetian-held villages. Georgians said they had gone in to stop the fighting. The Russians, who back the Ossetians, traded threats with the Georgians. This had been going on for weeks. I gave no more thought to it and went grocery shopping.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')n a Friday morning earlier this month, I finished some work, completed preregistration forms for the Florida hospital where I’m due to give birth in November, and thought about what groceries to buy for Saturday night’s dinner party. The news from the north of our home in Tbilisi didn’t strike me as unusual. In the breakaway region of South Ossetia, clashes continued between Georgian- and Ossetian-held villages. Georgians said they had gone in to stop the fighting. The Russians, who back the Ossetians, traded threats with the Georgians. This had been going on for weeks. I gave no more thought to it and went grocery shopping.
For the rest of the story... (NYTimes)
http://www.thenewfederalistpapers.com
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Re: Most people (will attempt to) prepare At the last moment
by TheDude » Sat 20 Sep 2008, 06:46:24
Thanks for that story, Cur.
First thing I thought to look for was stories from WWII; from EyeWitness To World War Two:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')ebruary 18, 1940
I met a woman, an official of the Zamoyski estate. She had just arrived from Chelmo. For some time I've been receiving alarming information about the execution of the mentally ill patients of the psychiatric ward at Chelmo Hospital. I asked her if this happened. She verified that it was true.
All the mentally ill were shot with machine guns, but under penalty of death the hospital personnel are forbidden to talk about this crime.
It is so hard to believe anything as terrible as this.
First thing I thought to look for was stories from WWII; from EyeWitness To World War Two:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')ebruary 18, 1940
I met a woman, an official of the Zamoyski estate. She had just arrived from Chelmo. For some time I've been receiving alarming information about the execution of the mentally ill patients of the psychiatric ward at Chelmo Hospital. I asked her if this happened. She verified that it was true.
All the mentally ill were shot with machine guns, but under penalty of death the hospital personnel are forbidden to talk about this crime.
It is so hard to believe anything as terrible as this.
One can only pray things won't be as bad for us this time around.
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Re: Most people (will attempt to) prepare At the last moment
by ReverseEngineer » Sat 20 Sep 2008, 07:03:38
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'O')ne can only pray things won't be as bad for us this time around.
Remember, the USA holds more people in prisons than even the Soviets did in their heyday. For who knows what crime exactly other than being poor for the most part. You don't end up in prison if you have money.
If there is no tax money to keep the prisons operating, what do you do? Capital Punishment for ALL, even if you just happenned to be in prison at the wrong time for a 2 month sentence for stealing hubcaps off a car because your daughter was hungry and needed some food to eat.
Debtors Prison still exists, and in a time of resource depletion if you are there now for any reason, you are toast. Doesn't matter if you murdered someone or stole some hubcaps, its Capital Punisment for all.
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Re: Most people (will attempt to) prepare At the last moment
by JJ » Sat 20 Sep 2008, 08:39:15
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'O')ne can only pray things won't be as bad for us this time around.
Remember, the USA holds more people in prisons than even the Soviets did in their heyday. For who knows what crime exactly other than being poor for the most part. You don't end up in prison if you have money.
If there is no tax money to keep the prisons operating, what do you do? Capital Punishment for ALL, even if you just happenned to be in prison at the wrong time for a 2 month sentence for stealing hubcaps off a car because your daughter was hungry and needed some food to eat.
Debtors Prison still exists, and in a time of resource depletion if you are there now for any reason, you are toast. Doesn't matter if you murdered someone or stole some hubcaps, its Capital Punisment for all.
I always wondered about that. Does anyone know what happened to the 1000+ prisoners on Galveston Island who were not evacuated because they were a "security risk"? Allthough the news made a big deal about this BEFORE the storm, I haven't heard a peep since...
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