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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is the same excess of wealth, hubris, and reliance on flawed, yet cutting edge technology that led to the sinking of the Titanic.  The parallels give me chills.  What an unnecessary nightmare.  I hope for a good outcome.

Although well-intentioned, this kind of tourism should stop.  The parallels drawn in other posts to Gettysburg, etc., aren't the same because those are far more accessible- no great wealth required.[/quote]
There's also historical merit to visiting Gettysburg - there's a museum there, monuments, historical interpreters, etc.

Taking a submarine to look out a peephole at a shipwreck is a little different. It's literally just looking at someone's grave, whereas I feel like with the poor guys who died at Gettysburg, you are honoring their memory by learning about the cause they died for. Idk that's probably just me parsing it out.

Regardless, I still don't like all the jokes I'm seeing around the internet about how these people somehow deserve it because they're billionaires who spent insane money to do this. They're people too.[/quote]

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