6 ms·
The other thing those people might consider, and this includes our president, is that they aren't firefighters, have no idea what to do, and surely live in a pl
by rdiddly 8y ago
The other thing those people might consider, and this includes our president, is that they aren't firefighters, have no idea what to do, and surely live in a place unequal to Paris in any parameter upon which you'd care to compare. IT'S PARIS. They're in Paris. And to paraphrase Chevy Chase: You're not. They know what they're doing. Imagine you're the Paris fire chief. That's like being the NYC fire chief. Such a person has a distaste for explaining to superiors why they mismanaged a firefighting operation, and has a lifetime of experience, and hence, tends to manage it properly.
"Must act quickly!" Ya think? Hopefully the fire department in Paris, France is listening for gems like that from out here in the boonies / the ghetto hemisphere. How many medieval churches are there on our whole continent? Call us if you want a church bombed.
(edited slightly in response to child comments)
- Scoundreller 8y ago> Call us if you want a church bombed. Makes sense. French fire departments are branches of the military. Edit: just the Parisian and one other fire service are set up this way.
- GreeningRun 8y agoYou are right, the others are from Marseille.
- jackstraw14 8y agoWow. He’s not trying to give anyone advice. He only wants people to talk about him while they’re talking about this news piece.
- rdiddly 8y agoShoot, you're probably right, and I fell for it. I guess the unintended consequence of my strict "ignore" policy over the last 3 years, is that I'm still a novice 3 years later. (Rarely do I see those brainfarts, but this one was unfortunately quoted in an article.)
- jackstraw14 8y agoIt would be nice if there was somewhere to find high quality news reporting that avoided toxic stuff like tweets. I'm not sure what that embedded tweet adds to this BBC story besides getting people worked up over something that's totally unrelated. You'd think Notre Dame burning down would be enough.
- TearsInTheRain 8y agoMaybe a more optimistic interpretation is that people naturally want to try to help and would rather speak up than feel helpless even if their advice is not particularly good or useful.
- Solvitieg 8y agoThis comment is not constructive and paints a false narrative.
- rdiddly 8y agoIt's complaining about a certain ignorant disrespect I've seen personally today, so I see it as corrective and therefore constructive. But I think I get what you're saying, though your comment is a little threadbare; I'd be interested in your full argument/reasoning. EDIT: I added a few words to the grandparent post to try to make my intent clearer.
- 1000units 8y agoThere was nothing disrespectful about Trump's tweet. I find it strange that you can't use his name, as if it's somehow shameful. That's disrespect to me.
- Aloha 8y agoTry being nicer - had you left off the "womp womp" you'd be leaving a perfectly respectful opinion. With it, you just sound like a jerk.
- 1000units 8y agoYou know what, I think I agree with you. Edited. Thanks for the feedback. However, I'd like to use this opportunity to plug Valee's "Womp Womp". Check it out on Spotify!
- Aloha 8y agoNot enough people on the internet read what they're saying outloud before posting. I blame this on the low quality of discourse on the intnernet. You're very welcome by the way.
- JshWright 8y ago