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sorry jan-bug, i can see what youre saying but i would just pack a case, get my daughter and go! material things would not be of importance to me so i would not pack everything! I would just leave and if that meant hitch hiking or catching a bus or walking for a few miles then so be it, i certainly would not risk the lives of my family by being stubborn and staying put "just because its my home" Hopefully the governement will sort them some sort of transport this time
I didn't mean to pack up their entire lives... I just mean that for a mother and daughter to have enough things to last them several weeks, may be more than they can carry. Especially if the daughter is a baby. I'm sure carrying 4 weeks worth of clothes, food and nappies for a baby under 6 months would be an immense struggle.... as well as carrying the child.
I'm not trying to say it's not possible, I'm just saying that we should be wary of dismissing it as naivity, stupidity or laziness.
thanks for the patronising reply jno, i have been to the states several times and have seen some of the poorer parts so yes i do understand what it is like.
What would you do if yours and your familys life were at risk? wouldnt you at least try to get out of it by any means possible? I for one would im afraid! and just for the record as i seem to be upsetting everyone with my post if you watched reports from Katrina you would have seen the stubborn people who refused to leave their houses and sit it out... maybe just maybe these were the people i was talking about. But instead of asking............!
I appreciate that you understand the situation... I don't think you're stupid, and it's clear from jno's reply that neither does he. However, even the smartest people fall into the trap of making sweeping generalisations, and you question was certainly a generalisation, even if not totally sweeping.
If you'd only meant the stubborn ones, then you could have said so. Or you could have made that comment when I raised my "objection".
I don't think anyone is questioning your attitude about trying to protect your family, and do not be mistaken... we would all protect ours too. As you do, we just appreciate that we have cars, and suit cases, and enough stuff in the house to pack up that would last us a few weeks. We were each just talking about the fact that there are different reasons for not leaving. In all fairness, you hadn't expressly said that you were only talking about the stubborn ones.
You don't have to have been to the USA to understand the poverty that some of these people live in.
I for one am not upset, and I highly doubt that jno would allow himself to be riled by this thread. I certainly wasn't having a go at you, and I also doubt that jno intended to offend either. Seriously... it's just a chat isn't it!?
PS - jno, I know I've put some words in your mouth there. If I was wrong at all, then please do correct me, and hopefully accept my apologies. :-)