How come Japan gets better media treatment?

[Feralcentaur]

There are likely more than TEN THOUSAND people dead in Japan. And the damage to the economy and living situation there is many MANY times worse. NZ is strong enough to easily get back up on their feet. Japan, on the other hand, is, and I quote "proper fucked".

True the comparison is easy to reason to, but if Japan's earthquake didn't happen, would you talk about New Zealand?

Well, I can answer that pretty easily. No. I wouldn't. Bad stuff happens all over the world every day to various degrees. While I have sympathy for people who've gone through hardships, I can't attend every funeral. If I gave a nod to each person that died each day, my head would fall off. This is life, in all its surreal brutality. If you try to commemorate all the hardships in life, you will never know the good parts.

For humor value: The real reason Japan gets the attention is that there aren't any major sexual fetish' involving kiwi's.

In a word, sheep.

Hmm, good point. But I don't think the Sheep need be from New Zealand. They could be Welsh, or even American.

Speaking of which, oddly enough I've never seen a farm with sheep up close but I've seen a couple Llama/Alpacka farms and as for Sansha, hentai seriously doesn't make me want Japan to exist more or less, but sometimes it does make me wish I could pretend it didn't -_-.

 

[Feralcentaur]

nnnnnope! not touchin' this one! *promptly opens door and leaves, slamming it shut.*

Didn't your mother teach not to slam the door when you left the room?!?!

 

[Feralcentaur]

There's a reason for that.

The Buddhists and Hindus don't drown "witches" or fly planes into buildings.

I wasn't aware the average Christian or Muslim regularly engaged in those activities.

Silly me.

Well if not all Christians drown witches than why are there so few witches out there!?!? Explain that! /leTrollface

 

[KalosCast]

I stubbed my toe today, that should have at least counted for a news article.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

Because its was a lot bigger in Japan, and Japan is more important, because it affected more people, because of the higher death toll, because of the radiation scare, because of the tsunami.

I could go on

Speaking as a New Zealander, the Christchurch Earthquake wasnt really that big of a deal. It didnt shut down the entire country or anything.

 

[Nouw]

Probably because it's more severe and the fact that Japan is far more famous and loved then our island.

Oh and for fucks sake praying isn't useless. No I'm not Christian, why do you ask?

 

[Mark-SJ]

Well if not all Christians drown witches than why are there so few witches out there!?!? Explain that! /leTrollface

Global warming.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

Well in Australia, for 2 weeks every day, every broadcast had the NZ earthquakes in it's top 3 stories (top 1 all first week), there were dozens of donation campaigns and, unfortunately, a few prayer ones too, we even sent over USAR teams (Urban Search and Rescue) but in the end, for some reason our media gave a shit. I guess because you guys are like Australia junior. Why did the rest of the world not give a fuck? Well because it's New Zealand, the average American can't find their own country on a map, how do you think they'd go finding yours?

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

Double post sorry. Please forgive me.

 

[Nouw]

there's also the fact that the Japanese earthquake was substantially more severe. Not to downplay the christchruch quake, but we're talking a factor of 10,000 in terms of difference in relative magnitude.

-m

That's quite a substantial difference in severity-...wait a minute.

Not to downplay the christchruch quake, but we're talking a factor of 10,000 in terms of difference in relative magnitude.

we're talking a factor of 10,000 in terms of difference in relative magnitude.

we're talking a factor of 10,000

a factor of 10,000

10,000

Vegeta! What does the Richter Scale say about the quake's power level?

IT'S OVER 9,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

That, and NZ has neighbors to help out while Japan won't likely get much help from China, Russia, and both Koreas (check history for an explanation)

Apart from Australia none of New Zealand's neighbours have a pot to piss in. Most of them rely heavily on aid from Australia and New Zealand.

 

[brunothepig]

there's also the fact that the Japanese earthquake was substantially more severe. Not to downplay the christchruch quake, but we're talking a factor of 10,000 in terms of difference in relative magnitude.

-m

Ninja'd. This is the main reason. Plus, it could be a proximity thing. I'm in Australia, I heard a lot about the Christchurch quake, at least until Japan's massive quake. And I do still see an occasional article on the rescue efforts in Christchurch and stuff like that.
But mostly it's because the Japan earthquake was really really big. This cannot be emphasised enough, I think it was in the top five largest recorded quakes.
Oh yeah, and then there was a tsunami. Causing more devastation.

 

[KalosCast]

That, and NZ has neighbors to help out while Japan won't likely get much help from China, Russia, and both Koreas (check history for an explanation)

Apart from Australia none of New Zealand's neighbours have a pot to piss in. Most of them rely heavily on aid from Australia and New Zealand.

Also: Some of the earliest foreign aid on the ground (discounting US forces stationed there) was Chinese.

 

[JezebelinHell]

I was raised to have manners. When someone says they will pray for me, I cringe inside and politely thank them. I have no idea why everyone is so determined to lash out at people that have different beliefs. If they are not forcing them on you, you can find a polite way to reply. Really, it is the thought that counts no matter what the belief is behind it. I am by far not religious at all but I would be ashamed to call myself an atheist. At some point the immediate and uncalled for rudeness and disrespect is just too much and it reflects on your character.

OT
Really it is the size of the catastrophe, the fact that it isn't over as far as ongoing news goes and will probably be felt for years to come. You are talking about a country that is a major contributor to the world market and I expect to see them relying more on it than they contribute to it for a while. The repercussions are going to be felt by pretty much everyone.
Also, it is amazing that they are not looting, fighting for food or in an all out complete societal disarray in the face of this. Which is a major contrast to smaller catastrophes in the US. Although, I wonder if something will change if their government isn't honest and straight forward with them over the reactors.

 

[EllEzDee]

Is Atheism the "cool" thing now?

Some people seem to think so and act that way, kind of going by the logic of "if it's against most of societies standards, that makes it cool and rebellious!" although asking people to donate or give supplies instead of just praying is kind of common sense, if there's a problem usually just sitting around asking for some divine being to fix it doesn't do much.

Ah, i figured as much...
Anyway, just because someone prays, it doesn't exactly mean they're not donating. Maybe they can't afford to donate, and are offering the next best thing in their eyes...i can't believe the amount of wankers jumping on the bandwagon to say a prayer isn't worth shit.

 

[EchetusXe]

That is like asking with 9/11 received more attention than 7/7. More deaths, more destruction, more magnitude, more nuclear meltdowns, more tsunamis. It is pretty surprising that anyone would be dumb enough not to figure this out for themselves.

 

[Faladorian]

There's a reason for that.

The Buddhists and Hindus don't drown "witches" or fly planes into buildings.

I wasn't aware the average Christian or Muslim regularly engaged in those activities.

Silly me.

This is a nice little thing I like to call evasion. Easy to bury what a group has done when the banner they were flying is connected to everybody.

It's fair to say "Yeah, that wasn't us" but it was. Not you in particular, but the fact that so many have died at the hands of religion, while the hands of the Buddhists and Hindus are clean, should show something. It's usually the religion's fault for said events. When you live your life by a book that says certain groups of people MUST DIE because of not only their lifestyle choices, but sometimes because of things that are completely out of their control, that's going to be an issue.

Abortion and gay marriage are things that Christians like to pick on. Abortion clinics are blown up and gays are beaten nearly or sometimes entirely to death simply in the name of what they assume to be the will of their God, which seems to be a nice little excuse people use when they want to commit an atrocious act and absolve themselves of responsibility.

In the Middle East, women are stoned to death for showing their faces, adultery, and even being raped. Yeah, being raped is punishable by a gruesome death. Anybody who speaks out against Islam is threatened or killed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_%28film_director%29]

So tell me, is it really okay to overlook all of the death and misery religion has caused us just because "not everybody does it?" No, it isn't.

Religion, in essence, is alright. But too many people use Divine intervention to excuse some of the most historically gruesome behavior exhibited by people since our species arose. That's what makes it not okay.

 

[Mark-SJ]

There's a reason for that.

The Buddhists and Hindus don't drown "witches" or fly planes into buildings.

I wasn't aware the average Christian or Muslim regularly engaged in those activities.

Silly me.

This is a nice little thing I like to call evasion. Easy to bury what a group has done when the banner they were flying is connected to everybody.

It's fair to say "Yeah, that wasn't us" but it was. Not you in particular, but the fact that so many have died at the hands of religion, while the hands of the Buddhists and Hindus are clean, should show something. It's usually the religion's fault for said events. When you live your life by a book that says certain groups of people MUST DIE because of not only their lifestyle choices, but sometimes because of things that are completely out of their control, that's going to be an issue.

Abortion and gay marriage are things that Christians like to pick on. Abortion clinics are blown up and gays are beaten nearly or sometimes entirely to death simply in the name of what they assume to be the will of their God, which seems to be a nice little excuse people use when they want to commit an atrocious act and absolve themselves of responsibility.

In the Middle East, women are stoned to death for showing their faces, adultery, and even being raped. Yeah, being raped is punishable by a gruesome death. Anybody who speaks out against Islam is threatened or killed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_%28film_director%29]

So tell me, is it really okay to overlook all of the death and misery religion has caused us just because "not everybody does it?" No, it isn't.

Religion, in essence, is alright. But too many people use Divine intervention to excuse some of the most historically gruesome behavior exhibited by people since our species arose. That's what makes it not okay.

EDIT: This discussion has already gone way off topic. I think it would be best to continue via private message.

 

[ethan22122]

I live in Australia and over here we had ALOT of news about new zealand.

 

[TheTim]

Japan's earthquake was several hundred times stronger than New Zealand, a reactor is failing and a meltdown may occur, and Japan's econonmy is the 3rd biggest in the world, why wouldn't it get more attention than New Zealand?