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One has only to read their posts to understand that they are not predisposed to come to the aid of their fellow man.

What a stupid thing to say; just because they aren't doing and saying things YOU agree with doesn't meant they aren't "predisposed" to come to the aid of their fellow man.

Ridiculous comment on your part.

Surely, you will admit that many on these Katrina threads have not exhibited one drop of the milk of human kindness toward the folks affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Yet another ridiculous remark; I'd admit no such thing, EVER. This forum has been filled with empathy and ACTION by the people of this forum since BEFORE this storm struck.

I, for one, am sick of the moralizing and snotty attitude a lot of you all have projected onto this forum.

In case you don't know it, you're not the first people to ever get hit by a hurricane; the rest of us just take care of our OWN states and don't make a national case out of it.

And if you want to talk about how awful it is in New Orleans, we'll all talk about why is it that the people of the state of Louisiana sat back for YEARS and let your own state be pillaged and ravaged by POLITICIANS.

Now that you have a problem, you're striking out at others; it pretty much sucks, IMO.

And, no, I don't want the malcontents and criminals you all have created in MY backyard either.

Now that you have a problem, you're striking out at others; it pretty much sucks, IMO.

Sorry, Howlin Mad ... now it is your turn to say something stupid.
I do not have a problem at all ... I actually did something constructive about the mess that is New Orleans and Louisiana ... I got out nearly 20 years ago and never went back.
The "mess" was not created solely by the people in Louisiana and New Orleans ... the federal government/welfare society played a dominant role in creating the problem.
Frankly, no one want[s] "the malcontents and criminals" [a failed federal welfare system] created in [their] backyard either. But ... they have to be somewhere ... and all of y'all who do not want to see New Orleans rebuilt ... cannot have it both ways ... either rebuild New Orleans to warehouse the "malcontents and criminals" there ... or you get to have them in YOUR backyard.
As for me, personally, I do not have a NIMBY problem. I live on a farm now ... and my "backyard" is big enough that I have NO neighbors! So ... it is not ME I am concerned about!
None of that keeps me from being kindly disposed toward family and friends, and even strangers, that I left behind.
There is no point in continuing this discussion. Good bye.