USA:developped?! (hurricane vs floods in india)

[rahul]

i recieved a mail from a cpi(m) member..........
a comparision between indian rain and american hurricane.


Mumbai Vs New Orleans

Inches of rain in New Orleans due to hurricane Katrina... 18
Inches of rain in Mumbai (July 27th).... 37.1

Population of New Orleans... 484,674
Population of Mumbai.... 12,622,500

Deaths in New Orleans within 48 hours of Katrina...100
Deaths in Mumbai within 48 hours of rain. 37.

Number of people to be evacuated in New Orleans... entire city...
whoa!!
Number of people evacuated in Mumbai...10,000

Cases of shooting and violence in New Orleans...Countless
Cases of shooting and violence in Mumbai.. NONE

Time taken for US army to reach New Orleans... 48hour
Time taken for Indian army and navy to reach Mumbai...12hours\

Status 48hours later...New Orleans is still waiting for relief, army
and
electricity
Status 48hours later... Mumbai is back on its feet and is business is
as
usual

USA.........World's most developed nation
India........3rd world country....REALLY????

[Severian]

That's kinda stupid. For example, New Orleans is below sea level and the levees broke. Did that apply in Mumbai?

Or: there was no shooting and violence in Mumbai? None at all? And the amount of shooting and violence in New Orleans..."Countless" - that's right. They don't know how much there was, but choose to believe racist hype from the capitalist meda about residents of New Orleans being super-violent.

And of course a hurricane is not just rain - it is also destructive winds - nor is it an annual event like the Indian monsoon. The Indian Ocean equivalent is called a cyclone.

When a cyclone hit the Indian state of Orissa in 1999, thousands of people were killed. (http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001441.html)

Both India and the U.S. are capitalist countries where human life is not the government's highest priority, as shown by their response to natural disasters.

The better contrast is with revolutionary Cuba, where working people hold power and put people before profits. A Category 4 hurricane hit Cuba last year....only 10 people died, thanks to massive evacuations.

Really you gotta ask why anyone calling themselves communist would spread such unthinkingly nationalist nonsense, which glorifies the status quo in capitalist - and yes, underdeveloped and economically dependent - India.

[rahul]

hey comrade!
dont take it really seriously!

................but an element of comparision can be considered!
there 's obsolutely no violence in mumbai

this can be compared ........as a justification of the author
"Inches of rain in New Orleans due to hurricane Katrina... 18
Inches of rain in Mumbai (July 27th).... 37.1"

[Severian]

Originally posted by [email protected] 14 2005, 06:11 AM
hey comrade!
dont take it really seriously!
Why not? When someone who claims to be communist, circulates stuff that would sound more appropriate coming from the BJP, I think it is serious.


................but an element of comparision can be considered!
there 's obsolutely no violence in mumbai

Really? (http://web.mid-day.com/news/city/2005/september/118564.htm)

[rahul]

Originally posted by Severian+Sep 15 2005, 05:26 PM--> (Severian @ Sep 15 2005, 05:26 PM)
[email protected] 14 2005, 06:11 AM
hey comrade!
dont take it really seriously!
Why not? When someone who claims to be communist, circulates stuff that would sound more appropriate coming from the BJP, I think it is serious.


................but an element of comparision can be considered!
there 's obsolutely no violence in mumbai

Really? (http://web.mid-day.com/news/city/2005/september/118564.htm) [/b]
.........meant violence by police / governments!

[PRC-UTE]

Well said, Severian.

[Fidelbrand]

some points are note-worthy, but some not so convincing..

[rahul]

most of them are true........

as we saw in newspapers and tv's we can clearly make out..........