tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712432366544046987.post5637886976217730411..comments2023-06-01T19:15:48.300+10:00Comments on The Occasional Adventures of Betty: A (shaky) Tale of Two CountriesSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18299889655130518417noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712432366544046987.post-54406107472567447832011-03-23T12:25:40.039+11:002011-03-23T12:25:40.039+11:00"I’m still trying to think it all through – w..."I’m still trying to think it all through – why do people feel that it’s ok to make jokes about the Japanese situation, but not the Christchurch one? <br /><br />"...maybe that sort of humour isn’t quite so funny after all, when you’re talking about something close to home. Maybe it’s only jokeworthy when it happens to people who don’t look like us; to people who don’t speak our language; to people who were our enemy in a fucking war that finished a couple of generations ago"<br /><br />So, very sad, but I think you are spot on. Very insightful.<br />~KeithKeith - Circle Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992667666539622569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712432366544046987.post-82597662012260589672011-03-14T10:05:04.865+11:002011-03-14T10:05:04.865+11:00Woah, really?! I'm pleased to say that I'...Woah, really?! I'm pleased to say that I've not seen one joke WRT either of the earthquakes and resulting disasters. I mean, I'm all for a laugh, but you have to draw the line somewhere.<br /><br />Thought I might have to move to NZ if Howard got another term ;-) Then the fear would be that it gets annexed by us. Still has a certain appeal (the moving, not the annexing).<br /><br />Am bricking it about their nuclear reactors though. Allegedly more like 3 mile island than Chernobyl but either way it's too bloody close to home.<br /><br />Perhaps most pathetic of all, it only made it 24 hours before some moron made mention of the economic impact. FFS, get a life, fuck the economy, what about all the poor bloody people?!lemmiwinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897071451229534159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712432366544046987.post-17731113023820125712011-03-14T05:16:44.283+11:002011-03-14T05:16:44.283+11:00Excellent post, and well summed up. THe community...Excellent post, and well summed up. THe community feel that has come through because of the Christchurch Disaster has been amazing to see, and the support from OZ was beyond expectations for most kiwis. Did you know that NSW sent over 350 police to help, just incrediable. <br />And yes I find the jokes coming through about the Japenses disaster distateful also.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048736059922578612noreply@blogger.com