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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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, [b]this kind of tourism should stop. [/b] The parallels drawn in other posts to Gettysburg, etc., aren't the same because those are far more accessible- no great wealth required.[/quote]

[b]Why should it stop?  These people spent their own money and went in voluntarily having assessed the risks and resolved them to their satisfaction. Presumably, with the kind of money the spent on a frolic, they were pretty sophisticated.

If it turns out they guessed wrong, that’s on them. People have a right to decide things for themselves. [/quote][/b]

Great, but what about the people who are rescuing them?  and the taxpayers paying that bill?  It's not all about the people who went.   [/quote]

You have a valid point about the rescuers but not the tax money spent. That is not an important consideration when we are talking about peoples' lives. Regardless of what you think got them into that situation.

You people are soulless a$$holes.[/quote]

PP here.  if you click to show earlier quotes, I didn't suggest that money is more important than lives.  Just that it's not as simple as "the adventurers wanted to go so that ends that."  Their decision affects a lot of other people, and it's too dangerous, and I think they should stop the industry. [/quote]

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