[AmericanInTokyo]

Pretty rotten day over there, I'd say. Looking at those photos of the NYC chaos and confusion. Sheesh.

Still, from the visual perspective of perhaps somebody in the pestilant Third World (India, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Guatemala, etc.), they might look at these NYC photos and say 'what's the big deal? We live this way EVERY DAY!".

They probably think Americans are weak crybabies over this whole, one-day thing. In a larger way, well, maybe they are.

A sad situation yesterday, indeed, but perhaps unfortunately now many more people truly know how nearly 2/3rds of the Earth's population actually lives out their lives every day in squalor, confusion and frustration, day-in and day-out.

I say we might want to count our blessings a little tonight, rather than curse the darkness.

[finnman69]

Oh why did you have to go and take a huge dump on this thread with your third world BS!

Why cant you let this thread be what it is?!?! A collection of images from a massive emergency that affects the biggest city in the Nation and economy wise will affect the nation.

[Sonny M]

A sad situation yesterday, indeed, but perhaps unfortunately now many more people truly know how nearly 2/3rds of the Earth's population actually lives out their lives every day in squalor, confusion and frustration, day-in and day-out.

With all due respect, as a happy new yorker. What the hell difference does it make to me those 2/3rds people. They don't have power, fine, they probably don't miss not having it either. I'm not them, and our economy is not based on them. I'm sure someone, somewhere yesterday in some 3rd world country also got hit by a car, what, I'm supposed to compare there plight to mine? Its supposed to matter to me?

How 2/3rds of the world is doing, has no relevance to most of the people on this board unless it has a direct affect. Those people over there in the 3rd world, did not have an effect, the people in north america, did.

[cake_crumb]

Um...you're effort is appreciated and perhaps needed by third world lurkers, of which we have a few. It's unecessary, however. The only ones crying are the leftist politicians and their pet talking heads. Tomorrow, we know that Welfare or SSI dependent voters will be dredged up by the media to flaunt before the eyes of the world as proof of how Americans are crybabies, thus perpetuating the favorit myth of those who hate us.

TODAY, however, is for mainstream Americans to remember. That's between 70 and 80 percent of us.

Also, never forget this: if it had happened in France, no doubt 3,000 people would have died in the oppressive heat overnight.

[FreeReign]

Pretty rotten day over there, I'd say. Looking at those photos of the NYC chaos and confusion. Sheesh. Still, from the visual perspective of perhaps somebody in the pestilant Third World (India, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Guatemala, etc.), they might look at these NYC photos and say 'what's the big deal? We live this way EVERY DAY!". They probably think Americans are weak crybabies over this whole, one-day thing. In a larger way, well, maybe they are.

I think most people who experienced this blackout didn't think it was that big a deal -- "they didn't act like weak crybabies".

What makes you think that they did?

[not-an-ostrich]

Yeah we're lucky, but confusion and frustration are self-induced emotional responses. I think most of those "2/3 of the world's population" are happy and adaptable in their space in the world.