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Vice Lord wrote:

CinnamonGirl wrote: Sweetie be more precise then.

Did you notice how a graciously I included myself in the selfishness? I'll admit it, i'm not losing much sleep over these fires. I know bad things are happening in Boulder but bad things are happening somewhere in the world every minute of every day, and not to go all political but we are behind a lot of those bad things... like torture and oppression.

I noticed VL. I always give you the benefit of the doubt.

I live in Wrongmont now, and it stinks over here...those folks should rebuild with odor neutral materials when the rebuild... :yikes:

CinnamonGirl wrote:

Vice Lord wrote:

CinnamonGirl wrote: Sweetie be more precise then.

Did you notice how I graciously included myself in the selfishness? I'll admit it, i'm not losing much sleep over these fires. I know bad things are happening in Boulder but bad things are happening somewhere in the world every minute of every day, and not to go all political but we are behind a lot of those bad things... like torture and oppression.

I noticed VL. I always give you the benefit of the doubt.

Thanks-My mom used to do that too.

CinnamonGirl wrote:

Vice Lord wrote:

CinnamonGirl wrote: Sweetie be more precise then.

Did you notice how a graciously I included myself in the selfishness? I'll admit it, i'm not losing much sleep over these fires. I know bad things are happening in Boulder but bad things are happening somewhere in the world every minute of every day, and not to go all political but we are behind a lot of those bad things... like torture and oppression.

I noticed VL. I always give you the benefit of the doubt.

You are right. I guess we all should be nicer to the 'slower' kids.

jf1acai wrote:

Our tax dollars should create a saftey net for people facing catastrophes like these

NO, we should take care of it ourselves, and quit relying on the government to fulfil our every need!

Yeah, like someones gonna donate a slurry bomber?

Vice Lord wrote:

CinnamonGirl wrote: Sweetie be more precise then.

Did you notice how I graciously included myself in the selfishness? I'll admit it, i'm not losing much sleep over these fires. I know bad things are happening in Boulder but bad things are happening somewhere in the world every minute of every day, and not to go all political but we are behind a lot of those bad things... like torture and oppression.

OK, I am totally going to go off script here. I see VL's point. He just started this thread out wrong. We do live in a very detatched society. We have seen so much tragedy every day of our lives that we have almost become desensitized to it unless it directly effects us, our family, or our community. Of course we all feel bad for anyone in any tragedy, but if we were to remain down and depressed everytime one hit the news, then we would be sitting in a straight jacket in a rubber room depressed all the time. We have learned to realize that in today's immediate news society, that there will be many tragedies in our state daily, and hundreds all over the world daily and we just don't have the time and energy to grieve for them everyday. It is almost like we are watching another movie unless it effects us directly. So we look at a lot of things like this fire, as another fact of life and it will happen. I am not trying to be insensitive either but VL is right. I have heard about so many floods overseas killing so many people, that I listened to the story about the flood in Pakistan for a couple days, but unless it comes up on the news, I have so much going on in my life that I really haven't really thought about it again even though they are still living it every day.

We all have our causes and issues that hit closer to home. I have gone to help in orphanages and that area and country is of importance to me. And maybe countries that we care more about and relate to more. Some on here may really be following Pakistan everyday and the floods really are effecting them. Others may live in Boulder or have family up there and it is something they think about all day. I do care and feel very bad for those families but I also know that it is something that happens when you live in the foothills unfortunately. Unlike what VL said on the first page, that we don't care, I really do care, but I can't focus on it right now and it is not something that will be the certer of each day. There is always the initial shock where we all watch to see what happened, but most of us, unless directly effected will only think about it when it is on the news. Like the Haymen fire. I will bet that people in other states or even other parts of this state that don't travel here really never thought much about it after the fire was out other than what they saw on the news even though many on here lost everything and had to start over and many of us see its effects every day.

What VL said about that part was right and like I said, I am not trying to be insensitive, but it is reality. We all choose things that we will allow to effect our moods and lives and there are so many tragedies in the world each day that we can't care about each and every one of them. (Please send all hate mail to VL......he started it!)

Mark this day as the day where I sort of agreed with VL. It could be one of the signs of the final days!! :VeryScared:

While you cannot take onthe whole burdens of the world and remain sane, to insist no one here gives a damn becauase he doesn't see 500 threads on the same topic just means said person has his head up his ass. Ever think that people aren't online posting about it because some of them are actually helping out?

I guess not - that would be too far of a stretch for our pet troll.

Local_Historian wrote: While you cannot take onthe whole burdens of the world and remain sane, to insist no one here gives a damn becauase he doesn't see 500 threads on the same topic just means said person has his head up his ass. Ever think that people aren't online posting about it because some of them are actually helping out?

I guess not - that would be too far of a stretch for our pet troll.

I agree. That is why I said the way he posted it was wrong and of course we all care even though we aren't posting about it. But I do understand what he was trying to say.

Terrible news on the fire. 8 people who decided not to leave the area are still missing.


Twenty people were initially reported missing in the fire area and authorities say they have cleared 12 of those cases, but eight people remain missing.

"Of those, eight people are still-they're open investigations," Cmdr. Rick Brough of the Boulder County Emergency Management Office said. "Many of those are people who didn't evacuate. What we're doing at this point in time: We're doing follow-ups with them, contacting relatives, sending officers up to do welfare checks at their residence."

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx? ... &catid=339