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Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:05 pm
by Cairnie
Getting quite worried about all the nuclear power stuff that's going on since. Just hope that they can get it sorted and that the people stay safe. :oops:

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:43 pm
by Raven
A few days ago I heard a phonecall from one of the workers at their nuclear powerplant.
It made me so sad. You actually hear a man telling his daughter that he has to do what he is doing, but he won't come back.
The few hundred men, who are making sure the world/japan stays safe, are true heroes.
They don't have to stay, but they will, because they see it as their duty.
I have so much respect for these people, I't' can't be expressed in words.
I pray that their families can live on, knowing their husband/father died a true hero.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:11 pm
by Adsolution
Raven wrote:A few days ago I heard a phonecall from one of the workers at their nuclear powerplant.
It made me so sad. You actually hear a man telling his daughter that he has to do what he is doing, but he won't come back.
The few hundred men, who are making sure the world/japan stays safe, are true heroes.
They don't have to stay, but they will, because they see it as their duty.
I have so much respect for these people, I't' can't be expressed in words.
I pray that their families can live on, knowing their husband/father died a true hero.
Heroes indeed. Where did you hear the phonecall? :(

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:16 pm
by Raven
On the news.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:00 pm
by Danone
nuclear alarm, that really horrible

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:47 pm
by Rsandee
It's a meltdown, so there is alot of radiation.
But atleast it didn't explode like Chernobyl.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:51 pm
by Xenon
This disaster kind of proves there isn't a god, at least not a benevolent, human-loving one so many have been conditioned to believe.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:53 pm
by Rsandee
God didn't make nuclear reactors and such, so he doesn't need to help.
I'm not trying to sound like a true believer, but i think that's the reason.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:59 pm
by Xenon
However, most religious people believe he created the earth, so is thus surely responsible for geological effects such as earthquakes and tsunami.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:01 pm
by Jewish Candy
Except the whole idea behind (Western) Christianity is that the shittiness is our fault, the planet used to be purdy until we disobeyed God. Humans Are Bastards indeed. :mefiant:

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:08 pm
by spiraldoor
Xenon wrote:This disaster kind of proves there isn't a god, at least not a benevolent, human-loving one so many have been conditioned to believe.
Not really. Insignificant humans cannot ‘prove’ anything about such an incomprehensibly superior being simply by observing what we perceive as its behaviour.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:50 pm
by Xenon
In this instance I used 'prove' when I should have used 'suggest' because I didn't expect the semantics police to pick up on such minor details.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:53 pm
by DesLife
Xenon wrote:In this instance I used 'prove' when I should have used 'suggest' because I didn't expect the semantics police to pick up on such minor details.
I'm tempted to answer this with a boon smiley. :P That's not minor at all.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:07 pm
by Xenon
It was an informal remark. Most grasped the meaning.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:05 am
by Adsolution
Why is it that this forum is constantly barraged by grammar Nazis? :P

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:03 pm
by Haruka
RayFan9876 wrote:Why is it that this forum is constantly barraged by grammar Nazis? :P
Good question. But I think I shouldn't complain either, I'm the same thing in Portuguese language.

I hate when people excessively abreviate words in text-messaging. :pascontent:

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:36 pm
by spiraldoor
Xenon wrote:It was an informal remark. Most grasped the meaning.
Please do not suggest that I was incapable of understanding you purely because my response focused on your use of the term ‘prove’. I know what you meant, and my response holds true regardless of whether what you wrote and what you meant are the same.

Insignificant humans cannot glean ‘suggestions’ about such an incomprehensibly superior being simply by observing what we perceive as its behaviour.
RayFan9876 wrote:Why is it that this forum is constantly barraged by grammar Nazis? :P
Please inform me as to the identities of said ‘grammar Nazis’. I see none here but I would be quite pleased to meet them.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:59 pm
by Adsolution
You, Spiral.

Haha, half-kidding, half-kidding. :)

I mean I've never been on another forum where people point out others' grammar mistakes, let alone this extensively.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:22 pm
by Xenon
spiraldoor wrote:Please do not suggest that I was incapable of understanding you purely because my response focused on your use of the term ‘prove’. I know what you meant, and my response holds true regardless of whether what you wrote and what you meant are the same.
Then why exactly did you post in the first place, I wonder? The fact that you emphasised the word 'prove' implies you were responding specifically to my use of the word.
spiraldoor wrote:Insignificant humans cannot glean ‘suggestions’ about such an incomprehensibly superior being simply by observing what we perceive as its behaviour.
Any religious person can draw conclusions based on what they perceive as the behaviour and characteristics of a god. If a religious person believes the earth and all its shaping was formed by this god, they must intrinsically understand what he's accountable for, and can make assumptions surrounding this.

Re: Japan earthquake & tsunami

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:48 am
by Adsolution
Jeez Louise, Spiraldoor, you are picking on the qualities that make humans imperfect. If every single thing I said was a hundred percent accurate or flawless, I would kill myself. Don't be a consequentialist. Don't say you aren't being one, because you are.