posted on September 20, 2005 07:34:55 PM new
That has to be pure BS.
These people may have not said thank you or cleaned up after their meals but then were they asked to? was it clear that they should? Saying "thank you" could of been left off because of stress, being overwhelmed, shock.
I think snopes will discover it is bogus and as you have said trying to fan some flames.
posted on September 20, 2005 09:29:37 PM new
If you read the entire Snopes writeup, it's pretty clear this thing is another forwarded crock.
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posted on September 21, 2005 12:17:51 PM new
profe, I read the entire snopes report, as of yesterday it was still undetermined. I really believe this is a total exaggeration of what is going on though. I believe some, very few, are acting that way, but not the majority
posted on September 21, 2005 02:50:45 PM new
I know it's undermined and will stay that way unless Snopes comes up with any real evidence. What convinces me that it's probably a load of bigoted crap is this part of the report:
That e-mailed report regarding the attitude and behavior of evacuees doesn't seem to jibe with the experience of Rick Barrett, a volunteer who served at the Astrodome. According to his account, he found people "were so grateful for people taking care of them and being there for them after what they'd been through" and "their eyes lit up when you just gave them a cold can of Coke." Additional reports from other volunteers at the Astrodome describe kindly, supportive, and touching interactions between volunteers and evacuees. We've looked at other blog entries from volunteers working with the evacuees in Houston only to find that among the ones we located there is no mention of arrogance or a rampaging sense of entitlement among the evacuees, no description of trashed washrooms or food spurned because it wasn't what the displaced citizens from New Orleans wanted. While it is possible the author of the much-circulated account did encounter the behavior and attitudes he chronicled, one has to wonder why even outside the confines of mainstream media other mentions of similar ill-treatment of the volunteers and the facilities are so hard to come by. Instead, stories abound of what it's like to be living in one of the many centers the uprooted have been taken to, such as Kristin Finan's account of spending the night as an evacuee and an Associated Press article about a day in the lives of Kiesha and Darren Keller, two of the many temporarily housed at the Astrodome. Those stories and others paint a very different picture of the evacuees.
There are going to be bad eggs in any bunch of people you put together. That email makes it sound like most or all behaved that way, and I don't buy it for a minute.
stupid tags....there.
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[ edited by profe51 on Sep 21, 2005 02:54 PM ]
posted on September 21, 2005 05:32:20 PM new
I agree with you! there are bad ones in every large group of people anywhere at anytime. And this large group is no different.
I know, the email going around is not good, but we all get these type emails, or read them somewhere, and when I do, I also, like Colin, check them out at snopes, or google.
there are bad ones in every large group of people anywhere at anytime. And this large group is no different.