So, Who are the people that ignore BIG warnings?

by upside/down 42 Replies latest jw friends

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  Robdar

  u/d(of the my brain is bigger than my nuts class)

  Hmmm, are you sure?
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  SeymourButts

  Resistance to predictions with dire consequences is, unfortunately, all too common. When one is faced with a prophecy which involves powerful forces that may not be immediately influenced, there is a natural tendency to ignore or totally reject that prophecy. Tempering or evading the danger may take time, effort, money, courage. We might even have to alter the course of our lives and change it's priorities. Not every prediction of disaster is fulfilled, so when a new and uncomfortable prediction is given to us we might be tempted to say: "It has never been that bad before." We'll be alright." "Doom and gloom." What's more, if predictions of the "Big One" are long-standing, the prediction is dressed-down or lessened over time. There is often a temptation to minimize or dismiss. "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt."
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  Robdar

  Anyway, u/d, I'd love to stay up and fight with you but I've got to hit the sack. I think our nerves are frayed. I know that I've been glued to the TV and am worried about my friends in Slidell LA. I hope we can be cool. You give as good as you get and, all emotion aside, I like that. Have a nice night.
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  upside/down

  Thank you SeymourB....for "getting it" and responding intelligently.

  u/d(of the someone "gets it" class)
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  katiekitten

  I understand your thread U/D. And for the able bodied, I agree. I think they just think they are invincible.

  I guess it was just a bit close to home for some because of their very recent losses - a bit like the NRA holding a rally close by and soon after the Columbine school shooting. They claimed it was just a co-incidence and had been planned already, and what were people getting their knickers in a twist about - but it was just a bit too soon and a bit too close to home, and they showed a lack of sensitivity by insisting on going ahead with it.

  Thats why people may have been way more emotional / hurt and angry than you think your thread deserved.
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  tijkmo

  funny how in all these dangerous situations...

  there are always tv cameras
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  LyinEyes

  Upside/down I didnt mean to preach at ya really. I do see what you were saying,,,,,,,,not the sick and poor but healthy people. I don't understand why some who could left didnt.

  I can only assume that they didnt want to leave everything they worked for, probably less than middle class folks , not exactly poverty level but close I would think. I am sure they were afraid of looters as it turned out to be horribly true. But what a price to pay, staying behind to protect their belongings. Even with that,,,,,I still feel sorry for them. I have to wonder if they just felt they had no place to go. Everyone reacts to these thing differently I guess. I would have left and left what I had behind.
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  katiekitten

  Good point tij. I think its a bit sick watching on TV as reporters fly around in helecopters filming peoples distress sat on roofs (rooves?) without food or water waving frantically for help. Its voyeuristic and cruel.

  If they cant help, they shouldnt be there filming it for our entertainment.
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  LyinEyes

  I dont feel that way about reporters at all. I think they are doing their job, they are bringing the truth to us with visuals our own eyes can see.

  I think that when people see those folks waving white flags stranded on the roof tops.........it makes it really real to them.

  To me it makes a big difference when I see what is going on , instead of just hearing it or reading it.

  Now if they were filming dead bodies or really exploting people I would agree. So far I havent seen anything too graphic IMO.

  I don't take it as entertainment either, I don't enjoy the scenes I see. I cry. But it moves me to do something about it, I can't get the pictures of the devastation and plight of those people out of my head now.

  Does anyone here like Anderson Cooper, the News reporter. They are not being sick covering this news , IMO, because you can tell they are distraught over it. There are many newscasters down there who are from AL, MS and LA, and they too have missing families. It has to be painful to see their childhood towns gone and their people in such shape.

  Just my opinion.
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  chrissy

  Hahahahahaha, struck a chord with little boy.

  robdar is one cool chick, did i ever tell you that?