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Re: off topic posts From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Wed Aug 31 23:00:28 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Henry Gregor: "Re: off topic posts" Previous message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: off topic posts" In reply to: Betsy Hyde: "Re: off topic posts" Next in thread: Henry Gregor: "Re: off topic posts" I'm not going to get into a debate about whose disaster is bigger. Katrina has displaced MILLIONS of people, and pretty much levelled an old and historic city. There are still thousands of people trapped on roofs and in attics, most of them likely dead by now. Hospitals are flooding and shutting down. Diseases will begin to spread soon. I have no control over what news the media chooses to report and how, and I know there are ongoing disasters all over the world. The US and it's private citizens and agencies have provided relief and aid in every corner of the globe, often to former enemies, and often getting kicked in the teeth for thanks. We will handle this one and I haven't noticed appeals for help going anywhere but to our own citizens, thank you very much. That being said, El, that was the most insensitive post of all the insensitive posts you've ever posted. We here have friends and family in NOLA and we are concerned. Dr. Joe, you have my permission to deck El if he ever sets foot in the US. I won't clutter the list with my concerns about my own family, their plight being trivial because they are ALIVE. We will continue to pray, and you may laugh if you wish. Freedom of religion is alive and well in the US. For anyone who is interested or needs info on the condition of loved ones' houses and neighborhoods, there is an interactive Google Map at http://www.scipionus.com where markers are being posted, noting the condition of neighborhoods, and sometimes even individual streets. There are a lot of markers, but they thin out some as you zoom in. Fairly long download, probably need a high-speed connection. -- Anna L. Meenan, MD P.S. On a lighter note, and slightly closer to topic, today was my last day in the office I have occupied for 21 years. I am officially semi-retired and working from home. (Every-other-week outreach clinic on Friday's, to keep my Spanish skills up, occasional half-days covering residency pts on L&D, and precepting in residency office. Otherwise gardening, home renovation, and volunteer work.) At Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Betsy Hyde wrote: > >On Wednesday, August 31, 2005, at 08:15 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: > >> Thousands of Iraquis are being killed every day nobody gives a shit, >> "Serves them right those ragheads". A US soldier breaks his >> fingernail, >> yellow ribbons all over the place. > >Perhaps the dissatisfaction in the US has not made the Namibian >press....many people in the US >are opposed to the war in Iraq. Many of us *do* give a shit, do support >antiwar efforts, do support withdrawal of the troops, and do care >deeply about deaths of both Iraqis and US troops. > >> And to top it all, tsunami hits the Pacific, nobody gives a shit. >> Three >> people have to drive to their friends outside New Orleans, prayers are >> offered. > >Oh really? Have you checked the massive outpouring of financial >support from personal citizens in the US for the Tsunami? How can you >possibly make such an uninformed comment? The personal contributions >of US citizens to Tsunami relief were considerable. > >http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050109/news_mz1e9adelman.html > >It is absolutely incredulous that anyone would whine about attention >paid to the devastation on the US Gulf Coast, especially when members >of this list live there. Hit delete if you don't want to read the >posts. Some of us do. > >If you want to discuss Darfur and Rwanda, and the genocide there, then >go ahead and post. Many of us in the United States are very concerned >re the destruction in our country, and in Sudan and Rwanda as well. > >Your lack of sensitivity is pretty amazing, el. > >-- >Betsy Hyde CNM >Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University >Branford, CT > Next message: Henry Gregor: "Re: off topic posts" Previous message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: off topic posts" In reply to: Betsy Hyde: "Re: off topic posts" Next in thread: Henry Gregor: "Re: off topic posts"

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