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That's Just Sad
Okay, we can all agree that's mindboggling that an estimated 10,000 French, many elderly, died due to the heat wave that turned most of France into Arizona on the Mediterranean (Dear France: please consider air conditioning. It's one of the Three Greatest Inventions Ever, along with anesthesia and basic human rights). However, what is even more mindboggling is what happened next:
"Mr. Mazeyrie said that many elderly people were left behind by vacationing families. Some, he said, informed of the death of relatives, postponed funerals so as not to interrupt the Aug. 15 holiday weekend, leaving the bodies in the refrigerated hall."
That's courtesy of this article in the New York Times (registration required).
Personally, I think if grandma baked like an apple because we left her at home like a dog trapped in a parked car, I might come home early to put her into the ground. Seems like the least I could do. After all, people only die once, but you can take a vacation every year. But that's just me. I think a lot of French have just karmically consigned themselves to coming back as nematodes in their next life.
Well, at least it will be a good year for wine.
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The French were so concerned over human life in Iraq and Afghanistan that they were fighting America's efforts to "liberate" the Iraqi and Afghan peoples from civil and religious persecution, that they somehow forgot to liberate their elderly. Shame on you for the torture you put your own citizens through. Clean up your own balcony before you jump on America!
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70-90 what? (quick calculations... let's see... carry the one...). Holy crap! You poor wi'l babies! 90F, eh? Dear, oh dear, oh dear. 70F is often jacket wear.
Shouldn't mock, I guess. I live in what, during Winter, becomes one of the coldest cities in Australia, but stick me in Canada and I'd freeze to death, rugged-up or no. -
diane10601... You're invitied to come on up to Canada some time during the summer, and stay somewhere with no air conditioning, and see how you like it. Here in Toronto, temperatures range from 75-90 degrees. Given that 80% of our population lives within 200 miles of the U.S. border, I don't think you'll find a hell of a lot of difference.
12/28/07 9:36 PM