>People taking this metal from sunken ships aren't just cleaning up a mess, they're destroying historical information. Who cares? If you really cared about th

>People taking this metal from sunken ships aren't just cleaning up a mess, they're destroying historical information. Who cares? If you really cared about that historical information, you'd salvage it and put it on display in a museum. "Historical information" isn't doing anyone any good sitting on the ocean floor. >And who knows what stuff is on the ships (oil, fuel) that isn't being properly cleaned up, just dumped into the ocean? Again, who cares? If you cared, you'd clean it up properly yourself, instead of just leaving it there to leak out into the ocean. The USS Arizona is still visibly leaking diesel fuel out into the water, and no one's doing anything about that, so it's hypocritical for you to complain about this. This whole subject is just fraught with silly, misplaced sentimentality. I do personally agree that oil and fuel should be properly cleaned up, but we don't do that now, so it obviously isn't a valid concern. I do agree that historical information should be preserved, but we don't do that now (by leaving it inaccessible to the general public on the ocean floor in a remote part of the Pacific), so it obviously isn't a valid concern.