Ok, call me heartless...

[kengr]

... but I'm getting rather upset at the families of those miners on the news.

They don't seem to grasp the idea that the efforts have been stopped because:

A. It's really, *really* unlikely anuyone is still alive down there
B. There's no way to get to the bodies without the virtual *certainty* of killing a lot more rescuers.

I'm sorry for their loss. But there's a point where you *have* to quit trying because you are going to be killing rescue personnel to retrieve dead bodies.


I fear this is yet another case of the spreading meme that what we *want* should override realistic assessments of risks.

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[kshandra]

I don't think I've ever seen that picture in your icon before. Wow, that's a gut-punch.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kshandra]

...wow.

The one that got me was the cover of the Village Voice the week I was back for Liam's memorial. It was a shot from across the river, with the bridge to the left...and a hand holding up a photo of the Towers shot from the same vantage point. The caption simply read "Wish You Were Here." I meant to bring a copy back with me, and forgot.

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[fayanora.livejournal.com]

YOU DISGUSTING HEARTLESS FIEND! Don't you realize that every time you lose hope of rescuing someone who's missing in action, God kills a thousand puppies??? :-)

[kengr]

Mmm. Roast puppy...

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

I like children. They're best with some tartar sauce.

[kengr]

I like children, yes I do.
Boiled, fried or in a stew
Sometimes even Barbecued!
(ask me to recit the above sometime, there are aspects that don't lend themselves to print.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

LOL

[(Anonymous)]

This will sound odd... but do you have "You Must've Been A Beautiful Baby" by Bing Crosby on MP3?

[kengr]

Who is this?

[(Anonymous)]

What? Oh shit, that was me. I must not have been logged in.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Goddamn it, I did it again. That was me both those times.

[kengr]

Well, in answrer to your question, *now* I have that mp3. :-)

When your computer gets here, I need to introduce you to eMule. :-)

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Neat.

[siegeengine.livejournal.com]

you're heartless.
..
oh wait, no. you're right.

I wish things could have worked out so that they could have found their bodies, or in some other way that the people didn't get worked up with so much hope, but that's just not the way it happened. I feel most badly for the rescuers who died subsequently.