All the "We-Donate-More-Then-You" threads should be locked

[freegeeks]

this whole "USA<>Europe<>France" thing makes EVERYBODY look like stupid dorks

people are dying but people here are comparing their weewee with each other

:thumbsdown:

in the end the USA, Europa, Japan, Australia and other "rich" and "not so-rich" countries will provide all the help they can to the best of their abilities

 

[yllus]

Agreed, everyone who participated in those threads on one side or another sounded like an idiot. Cram the nationalistic BS for just one minute.

Just my opinion.

 

[aidanjm]

on the other hand, locking threads (or calling for the locking of threads) at the slightest hint of controversy is childish.

The threads should remain open.

If people wish to make fools of themselves, or demonstrate just how selfish, shallow, petty, stupid, etc. they are, then they should be free to do that.

 

[freegeeks]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
on the other hand, locking threads (or calling for the locking of threads) at the slightest hint of controversy is childish.

The threads should remain open.

If people wish to make fools of themselves, or demonstrate just how selfish, shallow, petty, stupid, etc. they are, then they should be free to do that.

I guess you have a good point

 

[Colt45]

:thumbsup:

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: freegeeks

Originally posted by: aidanjm
on the other hand, locking threads (or calling for the locking of threads) at the slightest hint of controversy is childish.

The threads should remain open.

If people wish to make fools of themselves, or demonstrate just how selfish, shallow, petty, stupid, etc. they are, then they should be free to do that.

I guess you have a good point

I guess you have a good point too.

(I didn't mean I think you are childish for this thread, by the way. That was more of a general comment about how controversial threads are shut down so quickly around here.)

 

[Czar]

I agree, to begin with countries were still evaluating the situation and first numbers given was basicly just to show everyone that we are in. Then the numbers of dead and effected started to rise to unbeleavable highs and that caused some serious rethinking for everyone.

The amount of money just generaly just a gesture, the hard part is getting the value of the money to the people who need it, through medical support, food, water or any other type of aid needed.

Please this is not a competition on how big your "team" is when it comes to helping those people. It has clearly been shown that every single country involved are trying to do their best. Ofcorse more can be done, but ofcorse only so much can be done every hour. The follow through is the most important because people tend to loose interest in such events, hell even I had forgotten about the earthquake in Iran a year ago. There are hot topics to talk about and to highlight every day, lets not try to forget this one. Lets keep this friendly because there is no one to blame, every good act helps.

 

[loic2003]

just so long as they have the resources they require to get on with the recovery then it's all good. I read that the problem is more the logistics of getting the aid to the people in need rather than finding sources of aid. For example, when they unload the trucks of food, only the strongest can get there to get the food, many of the weak/old/injured have no able people to rely upon.

 

[alchemize]

In other news...

U.S. ups tsunami aid from $35 million to $350 million

Over the top. France - Go All-in!!

 

[Kibbo]

Oh. . . my. . .God.

Did a P&amp;N thread just reach a concensus?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: alchemize
In other news...

U.S. ups tsunami aid from $35 million to $350 million

Over the top. France - Go All-in!!

LOLOL

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: Kibbo
Oh. . . my. . .God.

Did a P&amp;N thread just reach a concensus?

It appears after the US went all in, there are some that dont want to talk about the issue anymore.

 

[Kibbo]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Kibbo
Oh. . . my. . .God.

Did a P&amp;N thread just reach a concensus?

It appears after the US went all in, there are some that dont want to talk about the issue anymore.

I would suggest that there's not much to say.

"Umm. . . cool." isn't all that controversial.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Kibbo
Oh. . . my. . .God.

Did a P&amp;N thread just reach a concensus?

It appears after the US went all in, there are some that dont want to talk about the issue anymore.

Some would want talk about the "issue", as long as the issue is tens of thousands of people dead and billions of dollars of damage done and what the world is doing about it instead of having a dick measuring contest with the rest of the world.

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: Rainsford

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Kibbo
Oh. . . my. . .God.

Did a P&amp;N thread just reach a concensus?

It appears after the US went all in, there are some that dont want to talk about the issue anymore.

Some would want talk about the "issue", as long as the issue is tens of thousands of people dead and billions of dollars of damage done and what the world is doing about it instead of having a dick measuring contest with the rest of the world.

Well the only issue lately is how little of dick the US has. NOw that issue has been solved, there are people wanting to lock the aid threads...

 

[MAW1082]

going out to drink now . . . but btw . . . it's pretty hard to respect the question you asked when your grammar is flawed.


reads: We-Donate-More-Then-You
should read: We-Donate-More-Than-You


happy new year's

 

[KevinH]

Originally posted by: Rainsford

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Kibbo
Oh. . . my. . .God.

Did a P&amp;N thread just reach a concensus?

It appears after the US went all in, there are some that dont want to talk about the issue anymore.

Some would want talk about the "issue", as long as the issue is tens of thousands of people dead and billions of dollars of damage done and what the world is doing about it instead of having a dick measuring contest with the rest of the world.

I rarely agree with charrison but for once I do. None of those threads began with a measuring contest. They were yet another attempt at talking crap about the US. Par for the course...I suppose we should get used to it. Now that the US has upped the ante and shut up the critics everyone wants to pretend like they didn't take the opportunity to take a dig at the US. It's pathetic.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: KevinH

Originally posted by: Rainsford

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Kibbo
Oh. . . my. . .God.

Did a P&amp;N thread just reach a concensus?

It appears after the US went all in, there are some that dont want to talk about the issue anymore.

Some would want talk about the "issue", as long as the issue is tens of thousands of people dead and billions of dollars of damage done and what the world is doing about it instead of having a dick measuring contest with the rest of the world.

I rarely agree with charrison but for once I do. None of those threads began with a measuring contest. They were yet another attempt at talking crap about the US. Par for the course...I suppose we should get used to it. Now that the US has upped the ante and shut up the critics everyone wants to pretend like they didn't take the opportunity to take a dig at the US. It's pathetic.

Hmm, I don't think I made my point clear with what I said. It's not the whole "mine's bigger than your's" comments that are now popping up, it's the whole idea that the important thing about donations is who donated more (whether you're basching the US or France or whoever). It's like everyone forgot what the purpose of the donations was in the first place. I agree totally that using the numbers as an opportunity to take a shot at the US is wrong, just like I don't like the "hah, eat that" attitude now that the US has really upped our donation.

But I will admit that I can understand why some people felt the need to point out how wrong the critics were, but I just think the whole thing is kind of stupid.

 

[freegeeks]

Originally posted by: MAW1082
going out to drink now . . . but btw . . . it's pretty hard to respect the question you asked when your grammar is flawed.


reads: We-Donate-More-Then-You
should read: We-Donate-More-Than-You


happy new year's

English is my third language, maybe I can start a thread in Dutch next time

 

[justly]

The time of freegeeks original post was before the donations where increased, that has a lot to do with how it should be interpreted.

I saw freegeeks request as plea to maintain the relif effort as newsworthy instead of allowing it to remain the political bashing fest it had become.

Now that those "We-Donate-More-Then-You" threads have all but disappeared from the first page, why does this thread even need to be addressed?