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The shear volume of death everyday is mid blowing. I don’t see any benefit to anybody to just ‘stop’ when a small number of those deaths happen in an exception
by persolb 3y ago
The shear volume of death everyday is mid blowing.
I don’t see any benefit to anybody to just ‘stop’ when a small number of those deaths happen in an exceptionally dramatic way.
The repercussions of this accident could very well kill more people indirectly than the actual workers who died.
- ericyd 3y agoI don't see a benefit to it either, but I still find it surprising when people react to tragedy with zero sympathy or emotion beyond self preservation. My surprise was all I was trying to indicate with my original comment.
- h2odragon 3y agoThe tentacles of this tragedy reach out far beyond Baltimore. I saw someone speaking of how their shipment of body pillows was on that ship and they'd be liable for customer refunds now, possibly breaking their business. People working at car dealerships all over the East Coast now have customers they're going to have to disappoint, one way or another. Where's your sympathy for the people attempting to deal with the ongoing consequences of the crisis?
- ericyd 3y agoYou're making unfounded assumptions about my sympathies. As I mentioned in other replies to this tree, my first comment was simply expressing my surprise to the top level comment. The top level comment said car prices will be affected so you'd better go shopping now. If it had expressed sympathy for people other than car consumers I might not have reacted that way. Either way, I don't think loss of life is equivalent to having to disappoint your customers due to price inflation, so I reject your suggestion that my sympathy is misplaced.