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Old 12-31-2004, 05:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Thai meteorologists decided not to issue tsunami warning

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Thailand's foremost meteorologists, meeting in a crisis session before the tsunami hit, decided not to issue a warning "out of courtesy to the tourism industry," according to a report in the Thai paper The Nation.

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"We finally decided not to do anything because the tourist season was in full swing," a source told the paper. "The hotels were 100 percent booked. What if we issued a warning, which would have led to an evacuation, and nothing had happened. What would be the outcome? The tourist industry would be immediately hurt. Our department would not be able to endure a lawsuit."
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Old 12-31-2004, 05:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I thought somebody would know the tsunami was going to come, and I was right.

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Old 12-31-2004, 06:19 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Well those tourists are probably dead now so yea I think the tourist industry got hurt real bad. They were trying to make a few bucks and killed hundreds of thousands of people.
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Old 12-31-2004, 09:19 PM   #4 (permalink)
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They got what they had coming to them and what they deserved.
How selfish of them to put hundreds of thousands of lives at risk just to gain some money...how...inhuman...
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this is a classic case of commerce winning over the human part of the society. good economics always do not serve the nation well.
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That is very sickening. How could they put the lives of thousands of people at risk just for money.
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They were able to do it because they were tainted with greed and lust. Unfortunately, this is true not only for them, but many other people throughout the world.
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Thai government bans their own people from watching/buying sex etc. but they encourage foreign people to do so...

the ladyboys (shemale ... you name it) are another human tragedy..

and now the tsunami

all in all, these are definately not what a buddhist country should do.
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tell me about it its so sick

put some thought into your posts. --randy
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Old 01-01-2005, 03:05 PM   #10 (permalink)
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wow that was pretty selfish on their part. All the dead bodies and everything isnt going to help the tourist industry
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