Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00083)

David,

You wrote:

"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."

and 

Bart,

You wrote:

"And here is a more balanced version, from a REAL newspaper (with
editors and fact checking and non-anonymous authors and all that 
other stuff which the left hates so much): "

David and Bart,

I'm not exactly sure why both of you are bringing up "the left".

My concern and I believe probably the concern of alot of people 
(whether on the left, right, the middle or whereever) was
for the victims of the flood (especially babies, children, the 
elderly and the sick) going 3 to 5 days WITHOUT WATER in the humid 
heat of New Orleans. I won't even mention the food issue....

3 to 5 days WITHOUT WATER in the humid heat obviously 
leads to a great deal of suffering, dehydration, heat exhaustion, 
heat strokes and even death.

AT THE VERY MINIMUM authorities should have known that there were 
concentrations of thousands of people in THREE specific locations:

1. the Superdome
2. the Convention Center
3. on the freeway (as reported by Fox News)

and that those 3 groups desparately needed at least water if not 
food and medical attention.

The horrible situation for these groups even lead two reporters on 
Fox News being visibly shaken and upset with the terrible plight of 
these people.

THE QUESTION people across America are asking and expecting answers 
to is why couldn't either state and local officials, the National 
Guard, FEMA, the Red Cross or _____________ (fill in the blank) 
provide at least water if not some food to these three known groups 
of flood victims without waiting 3 to 5 days to do so?????? 

I don't see this as an issue only for "the left" but for all caring, 
decent human beings.

Daniel