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There was a huge tragedy in the US yesterday. A bridge collapsed into the Mississippi during bumper to bumper traffic.
ireland.com - Breaking News - Seven die in Minnesota highway bridge collapse
All my condolences to the peole involved and there familys.
I want to die in my sleep like my Grandma, not screaming like the other 3 people in her car.
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Condolences to those affected.Originally Posted by acfsambo
I wouldn't call 6 or 7 deaths HUGE though...
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I wouldn't call your intellect HUGE either...
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Last edited by LotusLocost; 08-02-2007 at 02:39 AM.
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If 6 or 7 people were to die in your family, would it not be huge? Think.
My condolences to all the family and friends of those affected.
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That's probably the stupidest thing you've ever said- try losing 6 or 7 people you know, then say it's not huge. Losing one person close to you is a big thing, so multiply that by 6 or 7. Idiot. There are also 20 people still missing, and 60 in hospitals...
Condolences to the people involved, it's a terrible thing to happen.
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My brother and sister drive over that all the time, especially during the school year. Thankfully this didn't happen 3 weeks ago during the USA Cup when tons and tons of very full cars, vans, buses, etc. travel over it.
One of my friends was literally seconds away from being on it so I'll see if I can share some of the pictures she took of it.
I still can't figure out how/why it happened. There was some construction going on, but it sounded like routine repairs/resurfacing that had happened before without any problems.
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No need to get personal. I agree with drakkie. Every day thousands of people die in accidents all over the world. Each of those deaths is a tragedy for someone. But the fact that a few died in the same place at the same time doesn't make it more of a tragedy than any other death.
Last week a polish bus crashed in French Alps, with 30 people dead. If 9 deths are considered "huge" than 30 should be even more so. Yet I haven't seen anyone here talking about that crash as a huge tragedy.
And if 9 casualties is huge than what is for example 300 (plane crashes, Iraq suicide bombings, south-east asian ferries sinking)? An apocalypse? Let's not exaggerate.
Last edited by go.pawel; 08-02-2007 at 03:01 AM.
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If drakkie had been the engineer it never would have happened as he knows far more then those Americans who build houses from wood
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Here are some pictures I found. The 3rd one is from my friend's camera phone, the last one looks very 9-11-ish.
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condolences for the people. although they are outside my monkeysphere
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Thanks. That was exactly my point. Why is it a huge disaster in the news worldwide if something like this happens in the USA and not when it happens here ? Think about that oneNo need to get personal. I agree with drakkie. Every day thousands of people die in accidents all over the world. Each of those deaths is a tragedy for someone. But the fact that a few died in the same place at the same time doesn't make it more of a tragedy than any other death.
Last week a polish bus crashed in French Alps, with 30 people dead. If 9 deths are considered "huge" than 30 should be even more so. Yet I haven't seen anyone here talking about that crash as a huge tragedy.
And if 9 casualties is huge than what is for example 300 (plane crashes, Iraq suicide bombings, south-east asian ferries sinking)? An apocalypse? Let's not exaggerate.
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Have youThanks. That was exactly my point. Why is it a huge disaster in the news worldwide if something like this happens in the USA and not when it happens here ? Think about that one
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Ah ! The kid comes out to play again ! Is kindergarten having lunchbreak ??Have you
And now a serious reply. Not yet. But there happen plenty of other things. Don't start whining about details, because that's not the point of the discussion.
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What?
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This is not the grand scheme of things, this is UCP. It's a small community, well, small-ish. News of this is still rather large. And I remember watching the 9/11 destruction back in 2001- some people did consider it akin to an apocalypse. The effect of that was so strong because people the world over felt it. Statistics show that travelling by plane is the safest way to travel. And there have been multiple threads on the politics of Iraq, covering the tragedies there.No need to get personal. I agree with drakkie. Every day thousands of people die in accidents all over the world. Each of those deaths is a tragedy for someone. But the fact that a few died in the same place at the same time doesn't make it more of a tragedy than any other death.
Last week a polish bus crashed in French Alps, with 30 people dead. If 9 deths are considered "huge" than 30 should be even more so. Yet I haven't seen anyone here talking about that crash as a huge tragedy.
And if 9 casualties is huge than what is for example 300 (plane crashes, Iraq suicide bombings, south-east asian ferries sinking)? An apocalypse? Let's not exaggerate.
I can see your point, but don't agree with it. I know I certainly wouldn't have wanted to be on that bridge when it thought, "Sod this", and allowed at least one hundred people to plummet downwards. Can you think of anything more frightening than that? Being trapped in a steel box with concrete and water pounding down all around you, unable to do anything at all.
Unless you want to write these people off to the usual status of "total ****ing non-entities", and forget that it is a tragedy. Maybe not huge, but certainly big enough to make the Irish news, several thousand miles away.
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