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[commodorified]

So, seriously, when did it start to be socially acceptable and even normal to greet the news of someone's death by convening an inquiry on the spot to decide whether they "deserve" sympathy or not?

Ok, actually, forget that question. how do we make it stop?

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[wordweaverlynn]

One thing that has bothered me in this particular case is that ALL the people whom I heard responding to the news by saying, "Idiots shouldn't have been out in that storm," were immediately saddened when told that the Bounty was also the ship from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Lives don't count. Movies do.

[legionseagle]

Deeply depressing.

There's a perfectly legitimate question "What were the factors leading to the decision to leave port?" but it is a question, not a foregone conclusion and this probably isn't the right time to ask it and it certainly isn't the right time to purport to answer it, and certainly not without the benefit of any of the underlying facts.

[clanwilliam]

And of course, hindsight has 20-20 vision.

[commodorified]

And until such time as I am presented with at least *some* concrete evidence to the contrary, I shall continue, like you, to presume that the answer is "taken all in all, it appeared to be the best plan".

[legionseagle]

I think the thing I just posted may have been technically defamatory. Deleted, to avoid any embarrassment.