Blog aus New Orleans

Geschrieben von Johannes am 03. September 2005 10:55:28:

Als Antwort auf: New Orleans geschrieben von Gilgamesch am 03. September 2005 04:18:47:

> nachdem ich jeden Tag nun die schrecklichen Bilder der zerstörten Stadt
> sehe, muss ich sagen dass ich eine Art Untergangsstimmung in mir fühle.
> Ich habe die Bilder von Google Earth nochmal angesehen. Das was in den
> Südstaaten passiert ist, übertrifft bei weitem die Zerstörungen des Tsunami.
> Die ganze Region ist komplett zerstört.

Hallo Gilgamesch,

ja, ich denke auch, daß die Auswirkungen schlimmer sind. Der Tsunami hat in einem begrenzten Bereich fast alles zerstört, aber das waren meist normale Häuser/Hotels, nicht die gesamte Infrastruktur des Landes. Der Tsunami hat mehr Soforttote gefordert, der Hurrikan vielleicht nur 10%, dafür führt er aber noch zu mehr Katastrophen innerhalb der Gesellschaft.

Aus dem Blog (http://mgno.com/, das ich oben genannt habe (danke, Opal, für den Link):

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Time Event
10:52a Looting

Right now we're trying to show you all the looting. Guys pushing shopping carts with 40 Nike boxes in them. People breaking into cars. Assaulting ATM machines. It's hard just to sit by and do nothing. That's property that belongs to other people and these animals are just taking it.

You know, this crisis is going to end. One day it is going to be over, and people are going to have to live with themselves and the knowledge of how they behaved. The cowards, the thieves, the murderers. We're getting a guy on cam right now stealing tires from one car and putting them in his car. What a bunch of monkeys. No respect at all for their fellow man. Like I said, one day this is going to be over, and I hope the shame overwhelms these bastards.

I am about one shopping cart away from going down there and saying, "Yo homie, is that my briefcase?"

Feed: mms://204.251.3.10:3349

Edit: It's sad that I have to add this disclaimer, because some people are so hypersensitive to language, but "monkeys" and "animals" has NO racial undertones at all in the above, as was suggested by some dipshit in the comments section. If you're watching the cam you'll note that there are WHITE people, BLACK people, and HISPANIC people looting. It's interesting to note that I see no ASIANS looting, but I'll leave that observation to the sociologists to explain. Back to the point, don't bring your PC bullshit to this blog. This crisis is not about race, but about inhumanity. Got it?

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4:23p Info Update

Looting: The police are looting. This has been confirmed by several independent sources. Some of the looting might be "legitimate" in as much as that word has any meaning in this context. They have broken into ATMs and safes: confirmed. We have eyewitnesses to this. They have taken dozens of SUVs from dealerships ostensibly for official use. They have also looted gun stores and pawn shops for all the small arms, supposedly to prevent "criminals" from doing so. But who knows their true intentions. We have an inside source in the NOPD who says that command and control is in chaos. He reports that command lapses more than 24 hours between check-ins, and that most of the force are "like deer in the headlights." NOPD already had a reputation for corruption, but I am telling you now that the people we've been talking to say they are not recognizing the NOPD as a legitimate authority anymore, since cops have been seen looting in Walmarts and forcing people out of stores so they could back up SUVs and loot them. Don't shoot the messenger....

Laut diesem Blog, das einen sehr seriösen Eindruck macht, plündern auch Polizisten (ATMs = Geldautomaten). Weiße, Schwarze und Lateinamerikaner würde plündern, aber Asiaten seien dabei keine zu sehen, sagt der Autor.

> PS: Bin seit mitte Mai wieder in Deutschland.

Wieder im Raum Frankfurt? Dann würden wir uns freuen, wenn Du mal wieder vorbeischaust (nächsten Freitag, neues Lokal).

Gruß

Johannes

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