AsiaQuake.com sick

[mole]

Some death feeding parasite registered asiaquake.com and put it up for sale at Sedo. Sick.

 

[armstrong]

What silly asumptions did I make, CT? I assumed nothing. You could be an active red cross volunteer, and still argue against ambulance chasers. All I said is that ambulance chasers are a fact of life, and that they exist even outside the insular world of domaining.

It's a heck of a lot more useful than saying 'oh, that's how it is...nothing I can do.' Imagine if that attitude was taken in all aspects of life. Imagine if the relief workers had that attitude...

Nothing can be done about ambulance chasers, unless someone decides to outlaw it. But something can be done about those suffering - that's my point. I understand your point, and I hope you can understand mine. Okay?

 

[Jammer]

Although you or I would have not registered the domains,doesn't make it wrong because someone else did.As far as I'm concerned,whoever registered the domains are no different than any other domain seller or parker on this forum....we ALL buy domains that we perceive as undervalued or have the potential to earn a profit on their parking revenue....there is no need to take the moral high ground.
Do you think the owners of poverty.com/net/org or hunger.com/net/org or antiwar.com/net/org or war.com/net/org would sell them for reg fee?I highly doubt it.
But if someone was a social entrepreneur they would pay to have them.
Complaining about something isn't enough anymore....if you don't like what the person is doing with the domains...either buy them and point them to charity sites involved in the relief effort or purchase your own names...do the same or start your own relief agency.Very simple.
The misery on the ground in Asia is immense....sitting around complaining won't solve anything or help anybody who needs it.

 

[CrazyTech]

If you feel strongly about the issue, its far more productive to help alleviate the suffering through charity work. Imagine that you spent 30 minutes in this thread, arguing over the morals of ambulance chasers. If instead you donated the equivalent worth ($4 at minumum wage) to charity, then your time would have done much more good.

That sure sounds like an assumption to me. You make it sound as if we're all sitting around doing nothing...and this isn't the case here - just check the other thread that's about 2-3 topics below this one. Even if that thread wasn't there, I don't think it's fair to treat everyone as if they don't do anything. In this case, it seems that those who are outraged by what's going on are all trying to do something about it. We just might not trumpet it to everyone.


Jammer, I'm not going to restate what I said in my last post, but doing nothing accomplishes nothing - just as you said. I certainly don't have $2k+ to slap around on domain names in this case, so I can't buy them - nor do I want the person to profit from it. However, I think bringing it to light in a thread does a heck of a lot more than sitting by and not saying a word about it.

Obviously a person who doesn't have much in the way of morals wouldn't see a problem with this. However, I have morals and I do see a problem with it. Apparently I'm not alone either. But you know, that dollar is worth so much more, forget about those 50k+ who lost lives. Even in the case of the domains you gave, they're generic domains not priced right off of the disaster. However, I still don't agree with it, but that's not the domains at hand either.

 

[Acroplex]

From eBay:

***Tsunami Crisis***
Date: 12/28/04 Time: 02:23:10 PM PST

As part of the global community, we are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and suffering that are occurring as a result of Sunday’s massive earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean. As the situation unfolds and the need for humanitarian aid increases, many of us as individuals are looking for ways we can contribute to relief efforts.

On behalf of eBay and PayPal, the eBay Foundation will be making a contribution to help with the relief efforts in Asia, and we are investigating other ways to help as more information becomes available and the needs of those affected become more clear. eBay’s Giving Works team is compiling a list of charities that have established special initiatives to collect funds for this effort that we will share in the next several days.

Today, many humanitarian organizations associated with this type of relief work are represented in listings offered on the eBay Giving Works site and in the MissionFish Directory. We encourage those interested to investigate those listings for opportunities to give -- either via selling on behalf of a chosen charity, bidding or buying a listing that contributes all or a percentage to the charity of choice, or through direct donations via the organization’s website.

In addition, a dedicated Tsunami Crisis Discussion Board has been set up for eBay members worldwide to share their thoughts, as well as non-profits they know of that have established Asia Relief funds. As these efforts continue, we will keep you posted with our progress.

Our hearts and good thoughts go out to all of those impacted by these events.

Regards,
eBay

 

[Jammer]

Jammer, I'm not going to restate what I said in my last post, but doing nothing accomplishes nothing - just as you said. I certainly don't have $2k+ to slap around on domain names in this case, so I can't buy them - nor do I want the person to profit from it. However, I think bringing it to light in a thread does a heck of a lot more than sitting by and not saying a word about it.

Obviously a person who doesn't have much in the way of morals wouldn't see a problem with this. However, I have morals and I do see a problem with it. Apparently I'm not alone either. But you know, that dollar is worth so much more, forget about those 50k+ who lost lives. Even in the case of the domains you gave, they're generic domains not priced right off of the disaster. However, I still don't agree with it, but that's not the domains at hand either.[/QUOTE]


Well then do whatever you can and need to do....there is" no one right way "to anything though...

 

[CrazyTech]

Glad you posted that Rad. Nice to see Ebay helping out.

Well then do whatever you can and need to do....there is" no one right way "to anything though...

Not saying it is the worst thing you can do, though.

 

[equity78]

Right on Crazy I agree we will discuss this and do charity work but this side is going to point out the degenerates trying to profit from this and you can't stop it so keep speaking and ally with the immoral digital ambulance chasers but we will keep pointing them out

 

[equity78]

Although you or I would have not registered the domains,doesn't make it wrong because someone else did.As far as I'm concerned,whoever registered the domains are no different than any other domain seller or parker on this forum....we ALL buy domains that we perceive as undervalued or have the potential to earn a profit on their parking revenue....there is no need to take the moral high ground.
Do you think the owners of poverty.com/net/org or hunger.com/net/org or antiwar.com/net/org or war.com/net/org would sell them for reg fee?I highly doubt it.
But if someone was a social entrepreneur they would pay to have them.
Complaining about something isn't enough anymore....if you don't like what the person is doing with the domains...either buy them and point them to charity sites involved in the relief effort or purchase your own names...do the same or start your own relief agency.Very simple.
The misery on the ground in Asia is immense....sitting around complaining won't solve anything or help anybody who needs it.

THis is such nonsense its not even funny no this clown is not like everyone on here selling domains maybe you would like to have them but no not everyone here profits off of others misfortune WRONG

 

[Chromis]

THis is such nonsense its not even funny no this clown is not like everyone on here selling domains maybe you would like to have them but no not everyone here profits off of others misfortune WRONG

Well people registed GeorgeBush.com, and I cant see much more misery than that..

Also all those porn sites.. most state-worked sexual counslers consider a lady doing anything out of the "norm" as deviant, and those that pay, or help or activly persue this type of stuff is just playing on their misfortune..

I agree it is wrong (the tsunami) but again, Nothing is illegal here PLUS just like the ratings on CDs.. the more fuss made, the more attention it gets..

Chromis
Super-NUB

 

[equity78]

THat was comical Chromis THank you Porn stars yeah Jenna Jameson making a million ayear feels unfortunate she told me in a forum chat don't feel sorry for her.

 

[mole]

The unfolding hell on earth and why asiaquake.com registered just hours after the news broke is sick..

Thailand death toll could reach 2,000
Tuesday, December 28, 2004 Posted: 8:13 AM EST (1313 GMT)

KHAO LAK, Thailand (AP) -- Soldiers used bulldozers Tuesday to push into a strip of Thai luxury resorts destroyed by tidal waves, and picked the bodies of European tourists from ruined gardens and suites.

Officials said at least 700 foreigners had died, and the death toll could reach 2,000.

The stench of death hung over a 30-kilometer (19-mile) stretch of coast in the southern Phang Nga province, which had been packed with foreign tourists from more than 20 countries staying at international hotels such as the Le Meridien, Novotel and Sofitel.

Mud and debris left behind by tidal waves that struck on Sunday made parts of Phang Nga hard to reach immediately after the disaster, and bloated and rotting bodies remained littered along the shorefront as volunteer rescue crews and troops went about their work Tuesday.

Phang Nga and the nearby resort islands of Phuket and Phi Phi were worst hit by the waves, which killed 1,516 people and injured 8,432, according to the latest tally of the Interior Ministry's Department of Disaster Prevention and Relief. Of the dead, 950 were found in Phang Nga and 203 on Phuket.

Deputy Interior Minister Sutham Saengprathum said it was certain that more than 700 foreigners were among the dead, but the exact number was still not known.

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said the overall death toll could pass 2,000, given the large number of still missing people.

In Phuket, dozens of parents desperate to find missing children rushed to a hospital after news circulated of an unidentified 2-year-old blond-haired boy. All left disappointed -- except his Swedish uncle who said he found the boy after seeing a report on the Internet.

The boy -- with red marks streaking his face -- was found sitting on a road soon after the waves hit.

In Khao Lak on the mainland, some 200 bodies -- about 70 percent of them foreigners -- were laid at a makeshift morgue at the Buddhist Rasneramith temple, said volunteer Somsak Palawat. Bloated, black and green corpses, many of them children and babies, were also scattered around the temple.

Near the devastated Similan Beach and Spa Resort, where some 60 mostly German tourists had been staying, the corpse of a naked man hung suspended from a tree as if crucified. A police patrol boat lay beached more than a kilometer (half a mile) from the sea.

At the nearby Sofitel, executive Ofwald Tichler declined to say how many of the hotel's guests had died as waves smashed into the 319-room resort. The first floors of the three-story, Thai-style building were destroyed, and thick mud caked the once beautifully landscaped area between the lobby and beach, a distance of some 300 meters (328 yards).

Several rotting bodies could be seen on the beach, under debris and in a pool of water in front of the hotel as Thai soldiers moved in to search for survivors and the dead. The hotel, owned by the French Accor Hotels and Resorts, was often filled by French vacationers paying about US$200 (euro147) a night.

"I lost my girlfriend. We saw the wave coming. It was so huge we had no time to run," said Karl Kalteka of Munich, Germany, who was at the beach in front of the Sofitel when the first wave struck. "I saw many kids perish. I saw parents trying to hold them but it was impossible. It was hell."

 

[Mark]

Yahoo and networkforgood.org have teamed up ~ The numbers throughout Asia are growing by the minute

http://www.networkforgood.org/topic.../tsunami122604.aspx?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=HMPCRS

 

[Anthony]

Wow, some people really like to register names after tragic events that happen in Asia.

Yeah, no one registered names after a tragic event in America on September 11th, right? I just don't see why people are surprised news-related domain names are being registered.

 

[equity78]

No one is surprised people are speaking out against No one here surprised.

 

[mole]

I just don't see why people are surprised news-related domain names are being registered.

Not surprised, disgusted. I have been observing the domain game long enough to know that speculators will swoop down on any black rats that poke their head out of the desert sand.

This disaster will take out more than 100,000 lives in Asia when the final counting is done. At least 20x more massive a death toll than Sept 11.

I kinda guessed the horror that would unfold in the coming days when I saw the news on Sunday, and was disgusted that names were already being registered for RESALE by so-called "speculators" even as the first death reports started trickling in (at the time it was only 8-10k).

Sick.

 

[Chromis]

Not surprised, disgusted. I have been observing the domain game long enough to know that speculators will swoop down on any black rats that poke their head out of the desert sand.

This disaster will take out more than 100,000 lives in Asia when the final counting is done. At least 20x more massive a death toll than Sept 11.

I kinda guessed the horror that would unfold in the coming days when I saw the news on Sunday, and was disgusted that names were already being registered for RESALE by so-called "speculators" even as the first death reports started trickling in (at the time it was only 8-10k).

Sick.

For some reason though, I dont think that if any person decided not to register the names, that it would have reduced the number of fatalities.

Since it seems that the number of people killed seems to matter how wrong it is to claim profit on it... At what point is it acceptable? under a thousand?, 50? maybe just 13 or less?

Chromis
Vin Vidi Velcro

I came, I Saw, I stuck around.

 

[CrazyTech]

Put the domain package I had up last night, already has a bid on it which is very good to see. Hopefully I can donate a little more myself after I move some things around. Wish that I hadn't gotten sick when I did.

Yeah, no one registered names after a tragic event in America on September 11th, right? I just don't see why people are surprised news-related domain names are being registered.

I spoke out about it to others - but not here, I wasn't on this forum at the time. I don't think anyone is suprised in the end, though. I think we all know how many low-down dirty individuals who care about nothing but profits exist in the world. That doesn't mean we have to keep quiet about it either.

 

[MissFlora]

After reading the many posts in this thread about profit making from tragedy like the Tsunamis, as an Asian myself, I find it indeed very disgusted. Not wrong to register a domain like that but AT LEAST do something to help the needies by let's say donating 50% of the profit to relief organisations? This is real business, and though business is all about profit and money, we have to have moral and principles as a human being with feelings and conscience. Will you feel great earning a big fortune because of the death of hundred thousands? I personally feel that it is a business and it is a moral disgrace. To balance this out, is to contribute by donating part of the fortune.

And mods, if you guys are still into that domain charity thing to help out the Tsunami victims & families, do count me in as well. Kindly show me the new site link so that I can edit my signature. Everyone should voice out matters that are wrong, and I totally agree to that. Yet everyone should not only voice out, but also prove it with reality and action. As of now, we can advice the np'er who owns the tsunami-related domains to contribute part of the fortune for the tsunami fund we're raising? We can also help out by encouraging more people to donate $$, donate domains, donate effort (as a volunteer if you're around the area) & most importantly, donate blood. The need for blood increased dramatically due to the sudden disaster. Do a part by encouraging your families and friends to donate "$$, effort & blood".

I'm proud to say that I managed to encourage my family in donating blood. My family donated 6 bags of blood which is definitely very helpful. I hope everyone can do the same encouraging more people in doing something, anything to help out those in very need.

Regards,
Flora.

 

[Chromis]

volunteer if you're around the area) & most importantly, donate blood. The need for blood increased dramatically due to the sudden disaster. Do a part by encouraging your families and friends to donate "$$, effort & blood".

Regards,
Flora.

Very VERY good point Mrs. M.. That is a nice simple way to help out, that most people can do, that does not cost much (a little time and for some people a lil discomfort.) This is one of those things that is actaully just as important if not more important than "mere" money. While cash can help people with alot of things, it has never been a good volume expander or blood replacement.

Unless you are a vulcan, when do have green blood...

Chromis
Never bet on Star Trek trivia if your opponent speaks Klingon.
- Ancient Zen Proverb

 

[MissFlora]

Yes, blood is in you to give! Free and most important out of all 3. So help out now!

Flora.