From: John Beckett 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> Yes that's true, but I've tried to make it clear that my anger and
> statements on these issues were in response to what's being said by these
> race baiters and the MSM, not anyone here.

Fair enough. I think it was my comment about how the TV looked to me in
Sydney that got you started. I mentioned my belief that the two OMG points
to people outside the US were:
1. The US is more vulnerable than we thought (any country can suffer a
disaster; the surprise is that three days later many people had nothing to
drink or eat, yet TV crews could get in and film). 2. Amazing how 99% of
the stranded were black.

I'm not attempting to find blame in these observations. I'm just telling
anyone interested that these two points are a real surprise.

On the second point, I guess the issue is that there is something in the US
culture that has an unfortunate side effect of leaving large numbers of
people in a pretty weak position in society.

Now might be an appropriate time to admit that in Australia we have
enormous issues with the tiny proportion of our population that are
Aboriginal. Many outback communities have been ruined by a craze for petrol
sniffing since young people can't see any brighter future.

John

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