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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Extremely sad news is not even the way to begin this. Three students were in an accident near the Pentagon, their BMW hit a Lexus. Two did not survive. I am hearing these are students from a Fairfax county high School. This is beyond tragic.[/quote]

It sucks. It’s a bummer. But it’s not “tragic.” This doesn’t meet any definition of tragedy [/quote]

Correct. This is NOT a tragedy. This is an entirely expected and predictable outcome.

A tragedy would’ve involved them hurting or killing innocent people in the other vehicle. Fortunately it sounds like tragedy was narrowly avoided, and only the negligent participants suffered the consequences.

This wasn’t tragic - this was lucky. [/quote]
It is still a tragedy for the other vehicle occupants. My mother was hit head on by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway. She was in the hospital for 6 months. For the remainder of her life, she had debilitating anxiety with highways, driving over about 45, driving at night, etc. There will be lifelong repercussions for the Lexus passengers, and that’s tragic as it sounds like they had no connection to the BMW occupants who made very poor choices. [/quote]

The lack of empathy is mind-boggling. It is a tragic loss of young life, due to poor judgment that is all too common at that age. It is tragic regardless of whether there was culpability in the accident.[/quote]

These posts are just baffling.  It is tragic all around.  These posts are are just incomprehensible.[/quote]

You don’t understand the meaning of the word “tragedy” or “tragic.”

It’s a lot of very bad things. But it isn’t a “tragedy.” [/quote]

Tragic definition:

adjective B2
A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering.
It was just a tragic accident. 
...the tragic loss of so many lives. 
The circumstances are tragic but we have to act within the law.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tragic#google_vignette[/quote]

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