# Does it take a sociopath to not give a shit about the consequences of the tsunami?

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**Created:** [January 3, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-take-a-sociopath-to-not-give-a-shit-about-the-consequences-of-the-tsunami/282804 "2005-01-03T07:52:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![tulula2la](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@tulula2la](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tulula2la)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-take-a-sociopath-to-not-give-a-shit-about-the-consequences-of-the-tsunami/282804/61 "2005-01-10T12:01:55Z")

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> [@Rune](#):
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> There’s at least 230.000 Chinese dollar millionaires and who knows how many Indian. You don’t think those guys should be able to give a sizeable donation – if they wished?
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> I guess so. I also guess you didn’t read the thread before posting.
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> Incidentally, there is no tsunami warning system in the North Atlantic. A such is now under serious consideration. An massive earthquake along the mid-Atlantic fault line could surely be very destructive on the Faeroes, as well as in Denmark, Norway, Scotland, Iceland and Greenland.
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> [http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=352244](http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=352244)

Ok just thought i should make some response. Firstly, as far as i was aware, the tsunami hadn’t affected China? And i’m talking about Thailand and Indonesia where there is hardly the kind of funds to get themselves out of this mess alone.

And i’m not disputing the fact that many other countries are at risk from earthquakes etc, but how many people of our generation have been through this experience? and how many people have experienced something like 9/11?

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**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-take-a-sociopath-to-not-give-a-shit-about-the-consequences-of-the-tsunami/282804/62 "2005-01-11T10:36:07Z")

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going back to the OP (and having only skimmed through most of the replies)

no I dont think you are a sociopath. However, if you were there and saw the suffering first hand and still didn’t give a toss, then I think you would have sociopathic tendencies

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