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this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Ignoring the fact that some of these people were billionaires, I think all of them forfeited any respect for their lives when they chose to step into a metal tube and put several miles of water between them and the breathable atmosphere, for fun. Same as mountaineers choosing to climb into a "death zone". If you choose to go there for fun then that's how much YOU value your own life and your relationships. I don't see why I should then have a huge amount of sympathy when these people inevitably die.
I cannot understand why the military was mobilised at huge cost? Surely these people should sign a much more wide ranging waiver saying they are doing this at their own risk and should not expect any rescue attempts beyond what the organisers insurance policy covers?
This viewpoint is misguided and inhumane, I'm sorry to say. We don't get to pick and choose who's lives have value, even if they do something risky or stupid.
Ugh
Lol, on an individual basis, yes we do
Fair, let me amend...
We don't get to pick who's lives have value unless we want to be hypocrites and no better than "them"
"When they go low, we go high" mentality got us trump in the oval office, an insurrection when he lost, an easier repeal of RvW and the SCOTUS hijacked by Christian activists, over a million people killed by a pandemic "they" claimed was a democrat hoax because they wanted to keep their businesses open, and an ever further erosion of civil rights in order to feed the 0.1%er's voracious greed. Enough of this high road bullshit, all it does is make you feel good while the elites continue to pilfer society