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To: Dan Evans
In WWII people didn't panic and head for the hills when they saw other cities were being bombed. When a hurricane comes to Florida, people have to be encouraged to evacuate.

There weren't any cities bombed in the US during WWII other than Pearl Harbor, once. In Europe there was nowhere to go unless you had family in the country.

As for having to persuade people to evacuate for a hurricane, some people believe that their home can withstand the storm or the storm won't be too bad so they opt to stay and ride the storm out. No one is daft enough to think they can ride out a nuclear explosion.

American people have guns and so will the hundreds of thousands that fled the city with little more than the clothes on their back and think that it's unfair that you have a warm house and food and they don't.

161 posted on 09/23/2004 1:55:28 PM PDT by metalurgist (Death to the democrats!)
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To: metalurgist
There weren't any cities bombed in the US

Yes, but why would you think Americans would act differently in a time of war than Europeans?

In Europe there was nowhere to go unless you had family in the country.

Not true, there are farms and small towns in Europe the same as America. But I never heard of rampaging mobs in England killing farmers to take their homes during the Blitz.

As for having to persuade people to evacuate for a hurricane, some people believe that their home can withstand the storm or the storm won't be too bad so they opt to stay and ride the storm out. No one is daft enough to think they can ride out a nuclear explosion.

Of course not. But people will take the chance that the bomb won't go off near their home. They did in England.

American people have guns and so will the hundreds of thousands that fled the city with little more than the clothes on their back and think that it's unfair that you have a warm house and food and they don't

How do you know? There is no historical evidence. Are you judging other people by what you would do? Would you point a gun at someone to take their home? I wouldn't. And I doubt if very many people would have the nads to threaten someone just because they were frightened by a terrorist.

165 posted on 09/23/2004 2:45:13 PM PDT by Dan Evans
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