Thailand Offers Japan Bt5 Mln Aid For Recent Flood, Landslides

[jerrysteve]

Lets hope it wasn't in the form of

veggies and fruits over loaded with pesticides beyond and completely off the scales of human tolerance to be a menace to the health of the population of Japan.

[SOTIRIOS]

....considering how much they lost in the Thailand flood.......

[waza]

....considering how much they lost in the Thailand flood.......

Who? The Japanese companies that lost billions, but were compensated and now have a 5 meter flood wall around their factories? Or the many Thai people who lost their homes, have recieved no compensation and are exposed to a greater threat of flooding due to the flood walls?

Edited July 24, 2012 by waza

[PaullyW]

$167,000 USD? That will go far.

much further than countries offering $0.00

With that sort of apologist logic if a friend of mine's daughter was dying and desperately needed money for a life saving operation costing $50,000 and I gave him 5 baht it would go much further than someone who gave nothing.

Do you not have $50k because the Japanese do have the resources to deal with this.

If the person was considerably poorer than you and was simply showing you they cared, would you still have such an idiotic view that you need go to incredibly unequal comparisons to let everyone know how negative you are?

Why even have a comparison? The facts are very clear ... You have one of the most modern and richest countries in the world who suffered a natural disaster and a much poorer country steps up and offer a monetary gesture (only country to do do) to let this country know they care and appreciate the support the richer country has given them in times of disaster. And you have a problem with this.

No need to use analogies, this is a very easy thing to understand unless you are a miserable person who has miserable views.

Nisa,

Please stop. Please tell us more about how the Thai government is poor. I would wager that the Thai government holds a much higher percentage of its country's wealth than the Japanese government holds of its country's wealth. Further, high ranking Thai government officials are no doubt FAR wealthier than their Japanese counterparts.

What a ridiculous argument you're trying to make. Why do you feel the need to defend Thai acts that are so pathetic?

[Nisa]

With that sort of apologist logic if a friend of mine's daughter was dying and desperately needed money for a life saving operation costing $50,000 and I gave him 5 baht it would go much further than someone who gave nothing.

Do you not have $50k because the Japanese do have the resources to deal with this.

If the person was considerably poorer than you and was simply showing you they cared, would you still have such an idiotic view that you need go to incredibly unequal comparisons to let everyone know how negative you are?

Why even have a comparison? The facts are very clear ... You have one of the most modern and richest countries in the world who suffered a natural disaster and a much poorer country steps up and offer a monetary gesture (only country to do do) to let this country know they care and appreciate the support the richer country has given them in times of disaster. And you have a problem with this.

No need to use analogies, this is a very easy thing to understand unless you are a miserable person who has miserable views.

Nisa,

Please stop. Please tell us more about how the Thai government is poor. I would wager that the Thai government holds a much higher percentage of its country's wealth than the Japanese government holds of its country's wealth. Further, high ranking Thai government officials are no doubt FAR wealthier than their Japanese counterparts.

What a ridiculous argument you're trying to make. Why do you feel the need to defend Thai acts that are so pathetic?

Thailand is the 3rd richest country (GDP) in the world and has 2nd highest number of millionaires (1.8 Million) of any country in the world while Thailand doesn't even rate in the top 15 (15th has 170,000) and Japan has 26 Billionaires compared to Thailand's 3.

Indisputable facts: a MUCH poorer and less developed country provides a gesture of monetary aid (the only and/or first country to do so) to a MUCH richer country that has experienced a disaster and who has helped the poorer country in their times of need and you and some others are going to ridiculous lengths to paint this as a negative thing.

Talk about pathetic.

Japan GDP 5.87 Trillion

Thailand GDP 346 Billion

Some of the posts here are an insult to common sense. And almost surely from posters who haven't lifted a finger from their keyboard to help in this crisis but are quick to condemn others for showing support.

Edited July 24, 2012 by Nisa

[Baerboxer]

$167,000 USD? That will go far.

much further than countries offering $0.00

So you think Japan is a poor country and that rich nations like Thailand should fork out? Thailand - third world, Japan ?

Edited July 25, 2012 by Baerboxer