What ELSE Does New Orleans "Deserve"?

[justapixel]

I was watching the news last week and they were interviewing NO people before the superbowl. Almost all of them said, "We deserve winning the superbowl cause of Katrina". I couldn't help but think "WTF!!!???"

It seems like this has become their over-used phrase of the century. How long are they going to "deserve" special treatment because of Katrina? Do they "deserve" more than any other city because of this?

 

[swerve]

I cannot participate in your poll -- because none of your creative choices EXACTLY describes how I feel...

DID they DESERVE to win the Superbowl -- OF COURSE NOT -- UNLESS they were the BETTER team...

Did OUR COUNTRY -- made up of ALL of us here in the U.S. let them down -- OF COURSE NOT -- but our GOVERNMENT DID!!!

And how do you "repay" for that...

I have NO IDEA...

 

[DiverDude]

After having to deal with a horrible mayor for 8 years and still hardly seeing the city in its original state, I think this finally gave the city a sense of unity. I was in New Orleans for the Superbowl and after the win, there were strangers embracing strangers and a never before sense of euphoria.

Did NOLA deserve this? Maybe not.
Did NOLA need this? I think so.

 

[DiamondSkin]

I was watching the news last week and they were interviewing NO people before the superbowl. Almost all of them said, "We deserve winning the superbowl cause of Katrina". I couldn't help but think "WTF!!!???"

It seems like this has become their over-used phrase of the century. How long are they going to "deserve" special treatment because of Katrina? Do they "deserve" more than any other city because of this?

Someone's bitter over the Superbowl.

They deserved it because they won.

Their victory had special meaning because of the horrible Katrina disaster that took so many lives and nearly destroyed the city.

It was important for the city's morale.

But you clearly you don't care about the deaths of New Orleans citizens nor do you care that the surviving citizens of New Orleans could use a little sunshine after all the crap that happened.

You're too busy being bitter...

 

[iman]

I guess what is considered a "baiting" thread depends on who posts it or who is being "baited". This thread obviously has racist overtones because the Katrina disaster is perceived as effecting a black city, although race is never mentioned in the "poll".

As I remember, Boston thought they "deserved" a World Series win after 86 years without one and Christo's orange Gates was greeted by New Yorkers as a deserved relief, four years after 9/11. Seeking good news after a run of bad luck or a tragedy is simply natural to most of us.

Blacks in NO apparently don't "deserve" to win the Super Bowl in the opinion of the op - I wonder why not?

 

[JB3]

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You really have no shame about throwing around claims of racism, do you? Nowhere is race mentioned, and nowhere does he imply that race was a factor.

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[Mike68]

I think what New Orleans citizens mean is that after all they've been through, they deserved some good news.

Thats the sentiment I garnered as well.

 

[Centexfarmer]

I was watching the news last week and they were interviewing NO people before the superbowl. Almost all of them said, "We deserve winning the superbowl cause of Katrina". I couldn't help but think "WTF!!!???"

It seems like this has become their over-used phrase of the century. How long are they going to "deserve" special treatment because of Katrina? Do they "deserve" more than any other city because of this?

Yes!

They deserve for you to move down there, rent a FEMA trailer in the 9th Ward, and for you to spend your nights down in the French Quarter personally explaining to each and every Taxpayer in New Orleans just how good they had it under President Bush, and why Indianapolis should have had the defense to kick the Saint's asses, but was actually going easy on them because a Hurricane drowned their city.

 

[grantt]

After having to deal with a horrible mayor for 8 years and still hardly seeing the city in its original state, I think this finally gave the city a sense of unity. I was in New Orleans for the Superbowl and after the win, there were strangers embracing strangers and a never before sense of euphoria.

Did NOLA deserve this? Maybe not.
Did NOLA need this? I think so.

This was a good analysis. Deserve vs need....good explanation. And 8 years of Nagin has been a real detriment to the residents. I hope they can get off that "what we deserve" mentality, and advance to a new mantra of "what can we do for ourselves?" .

 

[iman]

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You really have no shame about throwing around claims of racism, do you? Nowhere is race mentioned, and nowhere does he imply that race was a factor.

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So when the op asks whether NO "deserves" a win and posts the option: "Not a darn thing, but the right to get off their butts and do something productive", I'm supposed to believe that this is no reference to the Katrina images we all associate with NO? Or, was the op also being inclusive of all the nonexistent white folk from the ninth ward?

Since the JFK era the Republicans have been using code words and little white lies to pretend that they are talking about one thing, when in fact they are talking about something else. Pretend it's about crime, pretend it's about welfare, pretend it's about elitism, pretend it's about big government, pretend it's about unit cohesiveness(whoops, that ones off topic), pretend it's about people deserving something. When they say it's not about bigotry........................

I can't imagine subscribing to a political or social philosophy that dare not speak it's real name in public. What's the point of living in a free country if one has to maintain a constant pretense? [Text: Removed by Moderator]

 

[Sausy]

New Orleans has been through more than the overwhelming majority of Americans can contemplate....almost having their city nearly washed away to oblivion by Katrina and now fighting back and step by step bringing New Orleans back to life.They were fucked by everyone....Bush and the federal "response" disaster,their city government,their state government.But they pulled together,and with their huge heart along with the efforts of those who believed in the city...New Orleans wouldn't go gently into the good night and disappear.In itself,New Orleans didn't deserve to win the Super Bowl,but for the cathartic psychological jubilation the Saints run culminating in a totally unexpected Super Bowl championship provided,no city deserved it MORE.

 

[JB3]

So when the op asks whether NO "deserves" a win and posts the option: "Not a darn thing, but the right to get off their butts and do something productive", I'm supposed to believe that this is no reference to the Katrina images we all associate with NO? Or, was the op also being inclusive of all the nonexistent white folk from the ninth ward?

Since the JFK era the Republicans have been using code words and little white lies to pretend that they are talking about one thing, when in fact they are talking about something else. Pretend it's about crime, pretend it's about welfare, pretend it's about elitism, pretend it's about big government, pretend it's about unit cohesiveness(whoops, that ones off topic), pretend it's about people deserving something. When they say it's not about bigotry........................

[Text: Removed by Moderator] Do you understand that when you play the race card in situations like this, that it loses all meaning? [Text: Removed by Moderator]

 

[White Eagle]

New Orleans didn't "deserve" to win the Super Bowl the team got together and won the game for the City.
It reminds me of San Fran's earthquake when their team had to play Colorado in their stadium, they didn't mind the altitude and the home game for Colo. They won it for San Fran.
There is a name for it. Team Spirit!.

 

[NickCole]

We are a nation with a lot of people who feel entitled.

A lot of Americans today believe they "deserve" things that a generation ago people believed they "wanted."

Sometimes this attitude helps you get what you want, but without a solid foundation of personal morality it leads to all kinds of trouble. I think a big part of what led to the financial crisis and high level of bankruptcies and credit card debt and foreclosures was the entitled attitude of "I deserve to have this" coupled with a diminished sense of shame a lot of those same Americans feel about being deceitful.

As for New Orleans, I understand how it feels to get hammered by a natural disaster and then not get the help you feel your government should provide. As citizens and taxpayers they DID deserve that help. I don't think they deserved to win a football game because of that but if winning the Superbowl makes them feel better, I'm glad they got that at least.

 

[justright25]

No one deserves any one thing, whether it is good or bad. We get what we get and should make the best of it. Cancun and New Orleans got hit by hurricanes equally as powerful around the same time period. Cancun was quickly rebuilt while New Orleans is still recovering. The difference was people's attitudes. The people of Cancun did not expect anything from their government and started the rebuilding process right away. People in New Orleans waited for their government and chose to live off its largess. It is time for people to take responsibility for their own lives and stop waiting for the government to provide aid.