Of course it applies to many people, Giok. Yes, there are lots of people here who forget they're dealing with their fellow human beings. Makes it hard to have a decent discussion around here, with all this name-calling and finger-pointing. And yes, there is one crazed stalker here who collects every word I post. Heck, he quotes me more than I quote myself.

And I do agree with Kirsten that there has been a lot of racism connected with the response or lack of response to the disaster. My mother-in-law listens to the talk shows and gets a steady stream of that bigotry, blaming poor people for not being able to get out of the way of the hurricane. I feel like getting my mother-in-law a radio that plays only FM.

But yeah, Kirsten needs to learn that this isn't a place for paste-and-run posting, especially if it's dumping lots of words in multiple threads in rapid succession. Nothing wrong with her expressing her ideas, as far as I can see - but her ideas this evening could have been expressed in one new thread, not three.

-Joe-