>>>The Japanese are smart enough to realize that staying calm and helping each other out works better than running around like a bunch of looting idiots....guess us American's are not.
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>>Depends on which Americans.
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>>Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans - yep - let the looting and violence begin.
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>Remember the big stir in Iowa when the floods ravaged several cities 2 years ago? I'm guessing not many people do because we just shut up and handled it. Kanye West never said that George Bush hates rednecks. Sean Penn wasn't riding around in his boat (and a camera crew) "rescuing" people.

Yep - I was going to mention Nashville, Iowa, Minnesota, St Louis, etc but I figured some people would call me a racist for it :)

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>>>>Considering the earthquake and tsunami and ongoing nuclear problems have left 10s of thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless cold and hungry, where are all the looters and shoplifters and murderers and such like were crawling around New Orleans?
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>>>>Previous pathetic excuses for their (New Orleans residents) actions were based on how terrible the tragedy was.
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>>>>New Orleans after the hurricane and flood pales in comparison with the ongoing catastrophe in Japan.