To: tbird5
There are hundreds of Tsunamis a year in Japan... and on average NOBODY dies. What's the difference between Japan and Indonesia? Yep, you guessed it. Japan is a fully civilized, prosperous Capitalist society.
8 posted on
12/30/2004 10:18:50 PM PST by
Kurt_D
To: Kurt_D
LOL I think it has a little more to do with geography than economics or politics.
10 posted on
12/30/2004 10:20:54 PM PST by
Giliad
(Ouside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.)
To: Kurt_D
I don't want to sound like I'm attacking you as I've already seen happen to me here, but Japan does not see hundreds of 9.0 earthquakes come there way like this either. Yes, your difference is a difference between these countries, but that is not the reason this many people are dieing, the tsunami's did hit areas where warning systems were not good if they were existent and even if they were they would not have had enough time to do too much about it. This is a tragedy, please do not try to say its because they are not Capitalist or fully civilized in your view.
To: Kurt_D
There are hundreds of Tsunamis a year in Japan.. Really! I lived in Japan for 14 years and don't recall any........
65 posted on
12/30/2004 11:45:13 PM PST by
Doofer
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