Comments on: Tsunami Sympathy Fatigue

By: mark Vitacca

mark Vitacca — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:06:31 +0000

sarah jane is a phoney

By: mark Vitacca

mark Vitacca — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:05:43 +0000

My girlfriend Sarah Jane is in Indonesia but I hope the wave got her. I made lots of money out of her while she was in Australia. But this wave i s punishment for her. This is why.
Melbourne Australia:
The agent who manages the model Sarah Jane the 2001 "Worlds
Most Downloaded Woman" will soon be PUNISHED ABND THE TRUTH OUTED . Sarah Jane appeared on Ralph Magazine cover in 2001 and recently at 2003 Grand prix at Phillip Island Australia.

The managing agent for model Sarah Jane has committed fraud by using
debt collectors to collect monies by extortion and threats from people in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. John
Stirling of Stirling
Entertainment which manages the Sarah Jane publicity and website, is responsible for the running of his
business of selling DVD and soft core pornographic material by mail and
over Ebay.
Now he sells as seller ultimate.collectables on ebay.
Stirling, who also uses other false names was also selling illegally copied
videos the
same way.
In 2001 Mr Stirling was responsible for linking Sarah Janes soft-porn
website with the Salvation Army's website without their permission,
after which they requested removal of the link.

During 2002 Stirling was attending Court for stalking, which
included an accusation of assault.

He has used professional
collection agent to fraudulently recover money using his
company name of
Stirling Entertainment. And he raises money for false charities so if he gets Sarah Jane to ask for donations to the tsunami appeal or wants to sho tsunami videos you know to AVOID JOHN STIRLING AND THE FALSE TSUNAMI VIDEO or CHARITIES that he will try and sell you! He is a dangerous individual living in Melbourne Australia. He will be outed and punished. His mother lives at 10 Stirling St Kew Victoria Australia. Go get him, will you.

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:30:26 +0000

I don't find this to be true at all. The fact is that I've been moved often by the tales coming out of the Indian Ocean. I think there are two things working against a more hysterical reaction in the U.S.:
1. It happened on a holiday - and a sunday - and the true impact of it was slow to reach our side of the world. I mean, as late as Monday, I was hearing body counts below 20,000.

2. it's a natural disaster. While it is unanticipated, and tragic, it is something that has a greater sense of inevitability. The events of 9/11 were not natural, therefore not inevitable, therefore seen as more of a tragedy.

Finally, I've been watching CNN a lot today, and the news on that channel at least has been pretty much "all tsunami all the time" since Monday afternoon.

By: austin mls

austin mls — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:08:24 +0000

Drezner has a post with some links, and then most of the commenters have added various options for donations.

By: 42nd SSD

42nd SSD — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:41:48 +0000

I think the Amazon donation program is awesome for many reasons, but one aspect well worth noting is that the donors aren't necessarily religious or spiritual nuts--they're just ordinary people, giving not because they think they're obligated to but because they see the need.

My only concern is that I don't know how much of that money will actually reach the people in need, or if the money will be effectively used. (I have this problem with most charities, especially after the local United Way scandals.) My cynical take is that some people are going to skim a bit and much of it will be wasted.