Explosions in China

[Baron Von Crowder]

People have been doing that for the last three decades. At best, the complainers are ignored, and at worst, they're never seen or heard from again. I wasn't trying to come off as bitching; I just wanted people to realize the short-sightedness of their potentially offensive comments vs. the effect that a far-reaching tragedy like this actually has, especially so soon after it's taken place.

Edit: Also, thanks for your concern about my extended family members, jackass.

fuck you too.

[Ratt]

Maybe you should be bitching at the Chinese government for their lack of give a fuck about their people?

People have been doing that for the last three decades. At best, the complainers are ignored, and at worst, they're never seen or heard from again. I wasn't trying to come off as bitching; I just wanted people to realize the short-sightedness of their potentially offensive comments vs. the effect that a far-reaching tragedy like this actually has, especially so soon after it's taken place.

Edit: Also, thanks for your concern about my extended family members, jackass.

[Craizie]

Maybe you should be bitching at the Chinese government for their lack of give a fuck about their people?

Way to say fuck it and keep rolling with it.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I know you guys make jokes, and most don't really mean to come off as offensive, but you really should be more careful about who you might offend. I'm not trying to censor you or stop you from doing it, just think you should be a little more sensitive so soon after something like this happens.

Tianjin is a MAJOR port city in China. My wife has friends and family that are from or currently live in and around Tianjin. We haven't heard from some of them, and are hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. To be honest, I'm really surprised that the Chinese government hasn't tried to quash a lot of the pictures and videos that are surfacing, and so far it seems as though they haven't tried to downplay the casualties. You never comprehend who you might know that has ties to this area until you say something that hits too close to home for someone, and while I'm not easily offended by most of the stuff on this site, you just never know who could be reading or listening.

My wife showed me a video last night that I wished she hadn't. It will haunt me for a long time. It depicted a child, no more than 3 or 4 years old, crawling on his parents' lifeless bodies after the explosion, shaking them and yelling at them to wake up, all while heart-breakingly sobbing. All I could think of is how much safer I need to be to keep my 6-month-old son from being in the same scenario.

Maybe you should be bitching at the Chinese government for their lack of give a fuck about their people?

[CJ-95GT]

[Ratt]

I know you guys make jokes, and most don't really mean to come off as offensive, but you really should be more careful about who you might offend. I'm not trying to censor you or stop you from doing it, just think you should be a little more sensitive so soon after something like this happens.

Tianjin is a MAJOR port city in China. My wife has friends and family that are from or currently live in and around Tianjin. We haven't heard from some of them, and are hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. To be honest, I'm really surprised that the Chinese government hasn't tried to quash a lot of the pictures and videos that are surfacing, and so far it seems as though they haven't tried to downplay the casualties. You never comprehend who you might know that has ties to this area until you say something that hits too close to home for someone, and while I'm not easily offended by most of the stuff on this site, you just never know who could be reading or listening.

My wife showed me a video last night that I wished she hadn't. It will haunt me for a long time. It depicted a child, no more than 3 or 4 years old, crawling on his parents' lifeless bodies after the explosion, shaking them and yelling at them to wake up, all while heart-breakingly sobbing. All I could think of is how much safer I need to be to keep my 6-month-old son from being in the same scenario.

[FunFordCobra]

That's clearly just a dealership or plant assembly parking lot. No way that many cars can be parked that perfectly with same make and model down the rows

Haven't you ever met a Chinese? This is how they are, very organized!!!!

[CexMashean]

How can the fireball be real if our eyes aren't real?

[chronical]

I wonder if the heat actually came from the fireball?

[mstng86]

Looks like a scene straight out of Terminator

[jw33]

I bet all that smoke came from the fireball.

[likeitfast55]

So, a chemical storage facility on the docks? Unclear what blew up.

[95DRGT]

Damn my buddy is over there and has been sending me daily updates and photos from his trip. I need to check in as I haven't seen anything in last day or so.

[BoostedD1]

Those cars burnt up. Not from shockwave.

[Craizie]

Uh, no fucking shit sherlock?

Deductive reasoning is strong in this thread.