>>>Sam,
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>>>>Millions of people donated time and money towards the tsunami relief.
>>>>Should we declare war on mother nature?
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>>>>Metin, you can't always trust photos yousee on the internet. They can be fake. Why would a tourist want to be next to a dead corps on the beach?
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>>>You would not believe the amount of tourism just after the tsunamies. A lot of western people did celebrate their holiday just after the tsunami, even if disaster struck only a few miles away.
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>>>Walter,
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>>Hey what can I say. Us Westerners got to have our booz and women. :)
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>>Really, I don't know what to think about it. Perhaps morally it was wrong. But what ya gonna do?
>>It sounds like they (the tourist businesses) needed the tourist's money and there were few who couldn't resist the bargin. But I don't know about the dead decomposing bodies on the beach... I doubt it....
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>I doubt there were many bargain hunters among them, at least I hope not. Let's not forget that the tsunami struck on New Year's Day or New Year's Eve, one or the other. Also, let's not forget the tsunami came seemingly from nowhere, unlike Katrina, whose path and power were known days in advance. So there were lots of people there, their trips paid for already, with probably no way to get out in the chaos that ensued. I sincerely doubt many, if any, tourists went to the beach for the purpose of sunbathing next to dead bodies.


You and I agree. I'm just giving Metin's claim some room. Who knows maybe there were dead bodies on the beach.