Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00074)

 Who is Shepard Fox?

It is indeed possible to be seriously dehydrated in 3 to 5 days, but that is not what I or the list member wrote. This called the a straw man argument. And your insinuations misrepresent me. A libertarian conservative shares many of the social positions of the left, but does not support the welfare state.

David B.
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> David, 
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> Concerning your remarks about "it is difficult to starve to death in 
> five days", the greatest concern is for victims of the flood 
> (especially children, the elderly and the sick) going 3 to 5 days 
> WITHOUT WATER in the humid heat of New Orleans. 
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> Ask Shepard Smith of Fox News to explain to you the plight of the 
> hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of victims stranded for days 
> without water or food in this heat. Ever hear about dehydration, 
> heat exhaustion and heat strokes?? 
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> Daniel 
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, david-blankenship@c... wrote: 
> > Apparently the National Guard troops have arrived and begun 
> restoring order and relief in New Orleans. That the relief 
> operation has been a disaster for a first world country is 
> recognized by nearly all of its citizens. 
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> > The mind set that looks to Washington first and never blaming 
> the victim for at least some of his problems is anathema to both the 
> American character and Theosophy. Both first assume the citizen or 
> the soul should take personal responsibility for his own destiny. 
> Most of the remaining New Orleans' citizens did,or were forced to 
> do, this and were waiting for relief to arrive. Some were sleeping 
> on the ground because no housing was available. Despite what some 
> of list members have said, it is difficult to starve to death in 
> five days. No matter where one goes there will always be some who 
> take advantage of disasters of any kind. Assuming personal 
> responsibility for one's destiny is not exclusively a right-wing 
> idea as one list member suggested. 
> > 
> > David B. 
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