I’m not sure how much of it is stupidity and how much of it is just a lack of empathy or sensitivity. I have a theory that may apply here, if I may be so bold.
I was just talking to my son about how the majority of people seem to forget (or not care) that their actions affect other people. I’m sure many of these people are perfectly intelligent in conversation, but you release them into the wild and they appear stupid because their actions make no sense to people who do have common courtesy. If my theory is true, then one could even say that this is probably the major problem with the world today.
Everyone is going have their own a opinion. But let me guess, BECAUSE he’s a celebrity his opinion matters?! There’s a whole blog dedicated to hating on the Japanese and saying it’s their karma. THIS ISN’T NEWS! Who cares what this one man with money and lack of acting skills has to say.
Actually, this is worthy of mentioning because he got fired from a high-profile job for being an idiot and saying edgy things about Japan. Had he not gotten fired, we would’ve ignored it. But because he did, it’s news (sorta).
(Source: thedailywhat)
![thedailywhat:
End Of An Era of the Day: Following Gilbert Gottfried’s series of ill-conceived tweets poking fun at the devastation in Japan, Aflac informed the comedian, who has voiced the Aflac Duck for over a decade, that his services would no longer be required.
“Gilbert’s recent comments about the crisis in Japan were lacking in humor and certainly do not represent the thoughts and feelings of anyone at Aflac,” the company said in an official statement. “Aflac will immediately set plans in motion to conduct a nationwide casting call to find a new voice of the iconic Aflac Duck.”
[reuters / tmz.]
AGAIN, this is the shaky ground you tread upon if you try to make light of the crisis in Japan. Good God, how can people be so stupid?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li2kjvmaWF1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
End Of An Era of the Day: Following Gilbert Gottfried’s series of ill-conceived tweets poking fun at the devastation in Japan, Aflac informed the comedian, who has voiced the Aflac Duck for over a decade, that his services would no longer be required.
“Gilbert’s recent comments about the crisis in Japan were lacking in humor and certainly do not represent the thoughts and feelings of anyone at Aflac,” the company said in an official statement. “Aflac will immediately set plans in motion to conduct a nationwide casting call to find a new voice of the iconic Aflac Duck.”
AGAIN, this is the shaky ground you tread upon if you try to make light of the crisis in Japan. Good God, how can people be so stupid?
Day three of live tweeting and tumbling about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and I’m not the only one: Check Tumblr’s #tsunami curation page for some additional great content. Here’s a recap of some content appearing on my blog between Sunday evening and Monday morning:
- Exclusive…
AT&T has announced it will not charge its customers for calls and text messages placed to Japan throughout the remainder of the month.
AT&T Wireless customers will not incur any charges for calls or text messages placed to Japan from within the United States and Puerto Rico until after March…
U.S. warships join Japanese relief effort: This is the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, which is currently aiding in relief efforts in Japan, serving as a fueling station for helicopters. The U.S. has several warships in position, with more to arrive in the coming days. This is welcome news, as the picture in Japan looks increasingly grim by the day; as we mentioned earlier, the government now believes a horrific 9,500 may have died in Otsuchi. This is a horrible reminder that for many Japanese citizens, what’s happening with the country’s nuclear reactors is yet a more abstract concern in the face of the massive, physical devastation that’s racked the land. We sincerely hope that our military can be of any and all assistance to the people of Japan. source
» But how … ? Apparently the officials were in Navy helicopters and flew through a plume of radioactive material let into the atmosphere by the Fukushima reactors. Yikes.
It said we had to go to the town hall to evacuate because there was trouble at reactor No. 1. I left with just my purse and the clothes I was wearing.Fukushima nuclear plant employee Yoshiko Watanabe • Describing what happened when she found out the plant was first having trouble on Saturday. Since then, she and others have been sleeping on the floor at a school in the city of Iwaki. She and other residents of Narahama are among the 200,000 people who have been forced from their homes by the situation at Fukushima. The town had no plan for anything like this and was caught off-guard. That’s because the reactor was made to withstand a quake, but not a tsunami. source (via • follow)
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New video: A car is swept away by the massive March 11th tsunami, filmed in the Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
(Update: Unless it is cut from the final broadcast, this video will be featured on the Monday evening broadcast of ABC World News with Diane Sawyer)
Hair-raising. It was a sobering watch. (Re side note: Good to know that ProducerMatthew’s work in finding clips like these is getting noticed.)
According to 7th Fleet Commander and Spokesman Jeff Davis, the radiation was first detected by air particulate detectors aboard three helicopters located 60 miles away from the shoreline. The helicopters were returning to the carrier from a relief mission to Sendai.
Most of the radiation was found on the crewmembers clothes, but it was also detected on the skin of one of the crewmembers.
Davis stressed that the commitment to the relief mission will continue. “We remain totally committed to our mission of providing assistance to the people of Japan.”
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