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Most of the ships are final resting places for the crew that went down with them. You don't disturb them for personal economic gain. Just like you don't steal a
by rogerwilco1 9y ago
Most of the ships are final resting places for the crew that went down with them. You don't disturb them for personal economic gain. Just like you don't steal a 100 year old stone from a graveyard.
- douche 9y agoEh, we loot people's tombs and put their grave goods in museums all the time. It's essentially the entire business model of the field of archaeology. The only difference is the amount of time that has passed.
- Nexxxeh 9y ago>The only difference is the amount of time that has passed. To me, your wording makes it sound like you think that is a minor difference. I think it's a major difference in the negative direction. These maritime war graves that are being robbed are of men whose children or grandchildren are alive. (How many souls were lost aboard the HMS Electra alone, over a hundred ?) A question I'm not sure I want to know the answer to - what are these thieving scumbags doing with the remains of the sailors who died aboard these ships?
- jaimex2 9y agoWouldn't the crew be long disolved?
- jfoster 9y agoSo you take their remains and give them a proper grave at the same time as cleaning up the shipwreck.
- Nullabillity 9y agoThey're dead, good luck annoying them.
- glubGlub 9y agoThe ocean is quite a different place. Wrecks are often debris fields, and not simple plots of land. It's not appropriate to wax indignant about remains that may have all but disintegrated into unrecognizable mud. These are not organized places, like the parks on land with paths that people walk. Consider the wreckage of the Titanic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck_of_the_RMS_Titanic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck_of_the_RMS_Titanic No one can simply swin to the bottom of the ocean to pay their respects.
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