tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post5778688443309649985..comments2024-03-03T12:52:18.548-05:00Comments on Magpie Musing: Hardwood in BurmaMagpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-67047205471582489852008-05-18T01:41:00.000-04:002008-05-18T01:41:00.000-04:00What we have here is a failure to contextualize. T...What we have here is a failure to contextualize. The problem isn't the absolute amount it would take, but how many years of hard work it would take local residents to get enough money to buy replacements for the things they lost. And lest we forget, desalinating the fields isn't going to happen by itself.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745262857388007041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-35307284921797949732008-05-17T09:38:00.000-04:002008-05-17T09:38:00.000-04:00And yes, it might sound easy for us to think of ge...And yes, it might sound easy for us to think of getting a new jar for water, even a new buffalo. I can't imagine it's so easy for them...Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-54149894120501503862008-05-17T09:37:00.000-04:002008-05-17T09:37:00.000-04:00I was just thinking of Myanmar 2 minutes ago...tal...I was just thinking of Myanmar 2 minutes ago...talking about flour shortages and then my husband mentioned why not rice prices up too? (I believe they are internationally.) Then it struck me hard this image I have in my mind about what happened there. I heard the rice paddies are (were? hopefully clean up has started) covered with bodies. I was in Thailand and Taiwan years ago. I stood in rice paddies. They are vast and intensely green. A green of life. I can't stop seeing them plugged up with bodies and imagine me standing in the middle of them, clean and sure that I can fly home. Sometimes the world is just too much to bear.Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-82864178010336816512008-05-16T22:54:00.000-04:002008-05-16T22:54:00.000-04:00Amen, sister.Shade and Sweetwater,KAmen, sister.<BR/><BR/>Shade and Sweetwater,<BR/>KKyddrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668797984157146798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-82381081995058846652008-05-16T22:00:00.000-04:002008-05-16T22:00:00.000-04:00This is sad and horrible on so many levels. To ha...This is sad and horrible on so many levels. To have everything destroyed and then be denied help...Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350861069153040567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-6066424761563944412008-05-16T21:11:00.000-04:002008-05-16T21:11:00.000-04:00You are so right. Although his/her language may b...You are so right. <BR/><BR/>Although his/her language may be intended to indict the junta even further. It might not take much money, but the junta won't allow even that little bit to enter the country freely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-56583767719402098072008-05-16T09:55:00.000-04:002008-05-16T09:55:00.000-04:00Amen. What a class 1 disaster. Tragic for all of...Amen. What a class 1 disaster. Tragic for all of us.Mental P Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-17758193098106087442008-05-16T09:40:00.000-04:002008-05-16T09:40:00.000-04:00In the writer's defense, I think what was meant wa...In the writer's defense, I think what was meant was that, if aid was allowed it, it wouldn't take a lot of money to make a big difference. Poor choice of wording, however, if your readers need to make those kinds of interpretations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-79983791101544904152008-05-16T06:59:00.000-04:002008-05-16T06:59:00.000-04:00Hmmm...I didn't think of it this way, till you sai...Hmmm...I didn't think of it this way, till you said it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-72696102489055066632008-05-16T01:21:00.000-04:002008-05-16T01:21:00.000-04:00I interpreted it to mean that IF not for the junta...I interpreted it to mean that IF not for the junta situation it wouldn't take much to restore the status quo.Jenn @ Juggling Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455967210924573398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-35228096529680499842008-05-16T00:52:00.000-04:002008-05-16T00:52:00.000-04:00This is interesting to me. I wouldn't have thought...This is interesting to me. I wouldn't have thought of it unless you'd said somethingflutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-78808133955048319102008-05-16T00:07:00.000-04:002008-05-16T00:07:00.000-04:00i agree!i agree!painted maypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-16566979307169635312008-05-15T22:22:00.000-04:002008-05-15T22:22:00.000-04:00i think it sucks. these were people scraping by o...i think it sucks. these were people scraping by on the most basic level -- one most of "us" never encounter, even in times of disaster -- and now they have lost everything. how is that going to help them bounce back? what about the relatives they have lost, on whom they depended?kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-77744697634222775162008-05-15T21:26:00.000-04:002008-05-15T21:26:00.000-04:00I can sort of see it both ways, but given the dept...I can sort of see it both ways, but given the depth of apparent destruction and the unyielding stupidity of the junta refusing help, it seems like it's going to take everything to get people back on their feet.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-62713901725297348452008-05-15T20:36:00.000-04:002008-05-15T20:36:00.000-04:00I really didn't take it as a disparaging remark, o...I really didn't take it as a disparaging remark, or even an insensitive one when taken in context. When you have practically nothing to begin with, you may not have much to lose, but that is everything. The real problem is not insensitive, coddled reporters, but the hard core government standing in the way of getting help to its citizens in any way possible.cactus petuniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16114194541917210679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-82466099086555349382008-05-15T19:59:00.000-04:002008-05-15T19:59:00.000-04:00Until you said that, I had not thought of it that ...Until you said that, I had not thought of it that way. Interesting.<BR/><BR/>Because I always think in terms of "what can I do? what should I be doing?" (hyper responsibility, surely some pharm company will come out with a drug soon...J/K!) it struck me as, "This is do-able."<BR/><BR/>But now.<BR/><BR/>Wow.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, it is pretty "you live in less than 2000 sq ft and don't have a ginormous flat screen so you haven't got much." or something less hyperbolic LOL.Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-87603630536448102622008-05-15T17:36:00.000-04:002008-05-15T17:36:00.000-04:00I guess that was meant to be a throwaway line to i...I guess that was meant to be a throwaway line to introduce the topic of their poverty, but I see what you are saying. In many ways it's even harder for them to get back to where they were, since they have nothing to get there with.Antropólogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720065905801369495noreply@blogger.com