That's the way!! Don't let the state use force! It's not constitutional! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jed Rothwell Sent: 06 September 2005 21:36 To: [email protected] Subject: OFF TOPIC Magic marker technique to encourage evacuation
An interesting observation about human psychology: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/opinion/06tierney.html QUOTE: [Jim] Judkins is one of the officials in charge of evacuating the Hampton Roads region around Newport News, Va. . . . Instead of relying on a "Good Samaritan" policy -- the fantasy in New Orleans that everyone would take care of the neighbors -- the Virginia rescue workers go door to door [before a storm]. If people resist the plea to leave, Mr. Judkins told The Daily Press in Newport News, rescue workers give them Magic Markers and ask them to write their Social Security numbers on their body parts so they can be identified. "It's cold, but it's effective," Mr. Judkins explained. END QUOTE My daughter told me that in Ireland in the old days, fishermen's wives used to knit them sweaters with unique and beautiful unique patterns for each clan and family. These are popular with tourists today. They did this so that when a body washed ashore they would recognize who it was by the sweater. (Perhaps they still do this?) Colorful Japanese kokeshi dolls are also popular with the tourists, both Japanese and American. I doubt many tourists know how they originated. They were memorials to children killed by infanticide and abortion. Past tragedy and misery are reborn as today's theme parks. Someone in Virginia recently started a weekend retreat for people who want to reenact Vietnam war battles, the way people reenact Civil War battles. I recall as a child I rode one of these amusement park rides someplace like Disneyland which swerved through a reenactment of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. In 50 years amusement parks will feature airplanes crashing into the World Trade Center and the flooding of New Orleans. - Jed
