So we have one of the biggest catastrophies ever going on in Pakistan and no one cares...

[MaDalton]

half of the country is under water, millions of people lost their homes, have no water, no food and diseases are spreading fast.

and no one seems to be willing to help, no fundraisers, it hardly makes the news - didn't find anything on the homepage of foxnews and one little link on cnn

so why is that - cause we secretly hope they all drown down there?

because we think it's gods punishment for being muslim?

[Amputate Your Head]

half of the country is under water, millions of people lost their homes, have no water, no food and diseases are spreading fast.

and no one seems to be willing to help, no fundraisers, it hardly makes the news - didn't find anything on the homepage of foxnews and one little link on cnn

so why is that - cause we secretly hope they all drown down there?

because we think it's gods punishment for being muslim?

There is no money in saving Pakistan. Adapt or die.

[The Heron]

Most people can't find pakistan on a map, hell hard enough time finding haiti! And plane flights to paki land are way more expensive! Goody goody church folk dont want to spend the dough to get there

[MaDalton]

There is no money in saving Pakistan. Adapt or die.

there was no money in saving Haiti either.

Pakistan has nuclear weapons and is slowly moving towards radicalism. Taliban help organisations are gaining sympathy cause they are the only ones showing up

[Sausage]

Agreed .. its a horrible situation.

Unfortunately the Taliban and other extreemists will benefit from this disaster.

[suesheboy]

because we think it's gods punishment for being muslim?

You had to ask?

While they are a very dangerous country, it would be more important for our security and world opinion to help them WITHOUT INVADING versus Hatti.

No shit I would love to see Israel send aid. Would be a brilliant move on their part if they did that.

[marketsmart]

i sent them detailed plans on how to build a boat.....

just doing my part..


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[Amputate Your Head]

there was no money in saving Haiti either.

Pakistan has nuclear weapons and is slowly moving towards radicalism. Taliban help organisations are gaining sympathy cause they are the only ones showing up

Paki is already funding the Taliban, so it's only right the Taliban be the ones to help them. Karma is a mutha fucka.

[MaDalton]

You had to ask?

While they are a very dangerous country, it would be more important for our security and world opinion to help them WITHOUT INVADING versus Hatti.

No shit I would love to see Israel send aid. Would be a brilliant move on their part if they did that.

India has offered help but last thing i heard was that Pakistan was not accepting it right away because of their history. if you are that stubborn and stupid you probably deserve to drown

[Rochard]

This is in a Taliban controlled area. The Taliban can take care of them.

[MaDalton]

seeing the pics on TV - the flooded area has the size of Italy now

[volante]

have no water, no food

On the positive side Ramadan started a few days ago so they're supposed to be fasting anyway.

[ottopottomouse]

It's caused by the rain. Nobody to blame + nothing to profit from = not news worthy.

[Sly]

It's caused by the rain. Nobody to blame + nothing to profit from = not news worthy.

That's the story with most natural disasters, is it not?

I think politics and scandal have been filling up the headlines lately. The midterms are getting a lot of coverage. You read the politico websites and they don't even talk about Pakistan... talk of Afghanistan, but not Pakistan.

I don't know. Maybe it's because nobody can relate? Or maybe people are just getting tired of a new global scale disaster relief fund every six months?

Nasty situation over there.

[Vendzilla]

they can't swim?

[Caligari]

As catastrophes like this continue to mount and grow in size it will be impossible (and already is impossible) to donate, help, repair. The number and impact is simply outpacing the resources.

In very little time you will see parts of the world destroyed and left unihabitable.

Why?

Because climate change accelerated by human beings is a myth.

[_Richard_]

half of the country is under water, millions of people lost their homes, have no water, no food and diseases are spreading fast.

and no one seems to be willing to help, no fundraisers, it hardly makes the news - didn't find anything on the homepage of foxnews and one little link on cnn

so why is that - cause we secretly hope they all drown down there?

because we think it's gods punishment for being muslim?

not to sound like an asshole, but we're fighting a war that is being perpetuated by that country that is now mostly under water

and at the moment, we will take whatever help we can get

[Phoenix]

im sure many people care...but since it is so closely tied to terrorism, and is roving with terrorists....it probably just isnt safe to even send a news crew there.

if they cleaned up their backyard....its easy to put out a brush fire

but they have so much shit in there, its dangerous to even try to help

[Amputate Your Head]

I'm sure the geniuses in DC have already begun working on a way to leverage Pakistan with the promise of help. If they find the leverage they want, Paki will get their help. If not.... there's always the backstroke.

[marketsmart]

Because climate change accelerated by human beings is a myth.

that is a myth...

climate change is not...

the earth has cycles of unusually hot and cold weather....



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[beerptrol]

Seeing how some of the biggest charities are christian based. I don't see them rushing in because of the Taliban and the recent killings of those Drs. in Afghanistan.

[Agent 488]

i care, sir.

[cwd]

such a tragedy going on over there. Simply amazing how insignificant humans can be in the face of mother nature.

[ottopottomouse]

That's the story with most natural disasters, is it not?

I think politics and scandal have been filling up the headlines lately. The midterms are getting a lot of coverage. You read the politico websites and they don't even talk about Pakistan... talk of Afghanistan, but not Pakistan.

I don't know. Maybe it's because nobody can relate? Or maybe people are just getting tired of a new global scale disaster relief fund every six months?

Nasty situation over there.

Already had too many natural disasters this year so they are getting boring and there is no way to spin a huge fuss out of it unless it's secretly BP's fault.

[JFK]

India has offered help but last thing i heard was that Pakistan was not accepting it right away because of their history. if you are that stubborn and stupid you probably deserve to drown

Somone throws you a life preserver and you gonna think about it ?

[inabon]

there was no money in saving Haiti either.

Pakistan has nuclear weapons and is slowly moving towards radicalism. Taliban help organisations are gaining sympathy cause they are the only ones showing up

Divine Justice

[Rochard]

I just saw video footage on CNN and holy shit, it looks scary there.

[MaDalton]

not to sound like an asshole, but we're fighting a war that is being perpetuated by that country that is now mostly under water

and at the moment, we will take whatever help we can get

i am sure you're not the only one who thinks like that

[Caligari]

that is a myth...

climate change is not...

the earth has cycles of unusually hot and cold weather....

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We are not talking about merely hot and cold weather, we are talking about rapidly shifting patterns in time periods never encountered in nature.

http://www.climateark.org/shared/rea...x?linkid=79981

You can say unequivocally that you cannot reproduce the warming in the latter part of the 20th century with natural phenomena," said Andrew Weaver, research chair in Atmospheric Science with the University of Victoria and a lead author of the report for the UN-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released yesterday in Shanghai.

[notime]

Just digging up on some financial reports of such organisations here in our country:

Tsunami in Thailand, the Dutch gave 208 Million Euro (198 was spend in 3(!) years with a kickback of 700K+ intrest, the rest was management fee and administration costs I read. That's around 10 million missing...)

Haiiti, the Dutch gave 111 Million Euro (so far 20 million was sent there...first they draw 3 to 5 years of intrest(?) before they release the rest in chunks).

Pakistan, the Dutch gave 1 Million+ so far.

Allthough the disaster is huge and the local situation there is horrible, it seems the media can influence what people give in aid. And the media are not really "pushing" it this time on TV like they did with the Tsunami in Thailand.

[Scott McD]

India has offered help but last thing i heard was that Pakistan was not accepting it right away because of their history. if you are that stubborn and stupid you probably deserve to drown

Doesn't tht kinda answer your own question at the start of this thread?

I won't be donating SHIT to them anyway. Fair enough i do feel sorry for the young kids etc, but this is a country hell bent on causing shit elsewhere. And now this happens to them.

Who mentioned Karma in this thread already?

[Scott McD]

the earth has cycles of unusually hot and cold weather....

Correct!


I wonder how these climate change people explain the "ice age"??

[Paul Markham]

It's on Sky News a lot. But it's a shame that more is not being done.

So far the US donated the most aid. You can bet the Taliban will ignore that when the crisis is over.

[Amputate Your Head]

Who mentioned Karma in this thread already?

The Ampster.

[MaDalton]

It's on Sky News a lot. But it's a shame that more is not being done.

So far the US donated the most aid. You can bet the Taliban will ignore that when the crisis is over.

not surprising it's on english TV, England is probably the country with the biggest pakistani population outside of pakistan

but the news coverage in germany is also getting bigger and so are the donations. but a lot of people have exactly those fears that the money will end up in the hands of the taliban

[Grapesoda]

half of the country is under water, millions of people lost their homes, have no water, no food and diseases are spreading fast.

and no one seems to be willing to help, no fundraisers, it hardly makes the news - didn't find anything on the homepage of foxnews and one little link on cnn

so why is that - cause we secretly hope they all drown down there?

because we think it's gods punishment for being muslim?

send them all the money in your bank account

[MaDalton]

send them all the money in your bank account

i only donate to children help organisations and only in my own country

[TheDoc]

The disaster has to end first... only so much that can be done until then.

[Semi-Retired-Dave]

half of the country is under water, millions of people lost their homes, have no water, no food and diseases are spreading fast.

and no one seems to be willing to help, no fundraisers, it hardly makes the news - didn't find anything on the homepage of foxnews and one little link on cnn

so why is that - cause we secretly hope they all drown down there?

because we think it's gods punishment for being muslim?

All the news cares about is Lindsay and Mel Gibson right now, I agree, why the fuck is nobody there helping.

Has Obama been there yet?

[Martin]

Pretty bad indeed.

[Sly]

All the news cares about is Lindsay and Mel Gibson right now, I agree, why the fuck is nobody there helping.

Has Obama been there yet?

You want him to go to Pakistan?

[alessergod]

i sent them detailed plans on how to build a boat.....

just doing my part..


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300 cubits x 50 cubits x 30 cubits by chance?

[Semi-Retired-Dave]

You want him to go to Pakistan?

It was just a thought,

[marketsmart]

I wonder how these climate change people explain the "ice age"??

it was from the co2 emissions of the dinosaurs....





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[L-Pink]

20% plus of the country is underwater. Can't even imagine.

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[Sly]

It was just a thought,

I don't even like the guy and I wouldn't send him to Pakistan!

Sounds like a death sentence, LOL.

[Semi-Retired-Dave]

I don't even like the guy and I wouldn't send him to Pakistan!

Sounds like a death sentence, LOL.

[maxjohan]

Who is no one? And which one of you fouls will save the world...LOLOLOL

[maxjohan]

There is no money in saving Pakistan. Adapt or die.

LOL... and this message is too short. LOLOLOLOLOL

[fatfoo]

There are floods in Pakistan. This is very unfortunate. A person should train some survival skills about how to survive without a home and/or in the wild. A person can train to swim, also.