No one said their grief doesn't count. I merely said it doesn't measure up to tsunami proportions. It's like comparing a stubbed toe to an amputation.

this is a message board. if we don't post our opinions on crap what will we have? pictures of our pets and discussions of the weather? sure our opinions don't count but who really gives a fuh?

And YOU are the one to make that distinction, thanks. I want you on a jury ASAP.

Well, judging from this thread, we may want to leave the weather out of this.

Ha! Only if I can be foreman.

Both sides are right.
From the point of view of somebody who was not in the thick of the storm, it's a ridiculous comparison. More than 200,000 lost versus 100.

Still, one human life is priceless.

And, for those in the thick of the shit, it must have seemed like God himself was beating the piss out of them and their home. I'm sure it was terrifying.

Perspective, people.
Perspective.

seriously, THE BEST POST ON OBNER....EVER.

Loog just OWNED the whiners.

GOD guys, I swear that people(ON BOTH SIDES of this argument) need to stop their crying - sometimes I'd swear this was a DRAG QUEEN forum rather than a MUSIC forum due to all of the DRAMA. That goes both ways - there have been a number of times I've sided with the ATL crew on arguments where I thought that some of the Chicago or NY crews were making mountains out of molehills, but here I can't....nobody is trying to minimize the pain and suffering that this catastrophe is causing but it is pretty ludicrous to say that it in any way compares to the tsunami....that's all Bill was trying to say - the NASCAR comment was just a sarcastic comment thrown in, as MANY of us do when discussing things.

The truest statement in this thread.

I think I told Loog to climb a beach lifeguard tower, call me, and send back reports of what the weather's like.

So Loog whined better than all the other whiners or what? I don't get it.

Evidence that we've all gotta step it up a notch.

i don't know if anyone's ever been to biloxi, but i have, and i suspect that this hurricane did almost several hundred dollars in damage.

To the rental car with Illinois plate.

this is the most retarded argument i've ever wasted my time on reading.

obviously god will not destroy us like he did indonesia, because we are christians.

To a town that depends on tourism it kind of sucks to be waterlogged, same goes for Nawlins.

The "our tsunami" comment was stupid but understandable in this situation. It would be just as stupid-yet-understandable if said by a northerner, a southerner, an east-coaster, or a Canadian.

Y'all need to lighten up.

But see, they like NASCAR, so its funny when you point and laugh at them. Except the black people, they deserve our simpathy.

This is 100% correct.

I give this thread 2 more pages.

Steve

We've got to keep arguing until everyone gives in and there is a general consensus and we turn into an echo chamber.

Now we've gone up a notch.

a good friend of mine is from biloxi - she is sad that it won't ever be the same. i just nodded in agreement with her.

Buncha greejasatan poofayanks.

Only if it's high enough to keep my feet from getting wet after the tsunami.