Rainy Day

[Crimson Sun]

It's been pouring nearly non-stop today (CT)

My dog won't even go outside. And to top it off, that patient died today too (didn't know her). What a sucky day to die on. At least die in the sun. I want to anyways.

[diluted]

that girl jesica?

its unfortunate. and such a crappy mistake in easily one of the best hospitals in the US. bah.

[Crimson Sun]

ya her, and i bet there'll be lawsuits to follow.

[Venom]

you are talking about the girl that the hospital gave the wrong blood type correct?

[diluted]

yea.

[SilentCacophony]

I highly doubt the dead care about the weather. I'd personally rather die in the rain, but I'm an Aquarius, and I like it. It would also make the ground soft and easier to dig up, so the undertaker wouldn't have to work so hard.

You want to talk bad weather, our area had a forecast of rain, freezing rain, and snow. It's done all three throughout the course of the day, and it's still snowing. Hell, at the rate it's coming we may have a foot when I wake up tommorrow.

[OneManArmy]

ah, yes... well it was raining down here in NC and it was quite sad to hear about it. poor duke is gonna get reamed now.

Kind of odd, thousands of people die everyday due to other peoples mistakes and Duke is gonna pay more than anyone!!!


although... that was a pretty stupid mistake....

[Arthell]

True. Always need to keep in mind that people die everyday. Doesnt feel right, to me, when people make such a huge deal about someone that has died but dismiss the people that die all the time.

Ex. Space shuttle and an avalanche that killed some skiers around the same time. Kind of a bad example but you get my point.

[Hamma]

been a crappy weekend here too

[SilentCacophony]

Yeah, we get your point. That's how I felt. 7 people died in a space ship, and something like 17 died in an avalanche. Why do the astronaughts get more coverage? I didn't know either of the groups, so I didn't really care about either. If we didn't have death, we wouldn't have life, or so my Yin Yang philosphizing (might be making up a word there but I don't care) always thinks.

Both of them may be serving a better purpose. The 'naughts death's may provide better safety measurements for those who follow behind them, and the same goes with the avalanche victims. We could not advance without the sacrifices of others.

"Like a space monkey, ready to be shot out into space"
-Fight Club, Chuck Palinhuk
(Great book which deals with the subject a lot among other good ones.)

[Lexington_Steele]

Originally posted by SilentCacophony
Yeah, we get your point. That's how I felt. 7 people died in a space ship, and something like 17 died in an avalanche. Why do the astronaughts get more coverage?

I think I can answer this one. It has nothing to with one life being valued over another one. However, as an individual, one death is going to be more meaningful to you than another. If your parents die, it is going to effect you more than someone that you don't know dying in an avalanche.

If I hear about 17 random people dying in an avalanche I just don't have the emotional response that I do for 7 random astronaughts. I believe that the majority of the US will have a greater emotional response to the astronaughts than the climbers. This makes it worthy of more news coverage. (in addition to studying the mystery of why it crashed, and analysing it's effect on NASA's procedures and funding)

Now you might ask; why does America have a greater emotional response to the death of these astronaughts? That probably goes back to the space race and Kennedy's moving speeches about the space exploration program. America began to take great pride in it's space program, and it became somehting of an american Icon and somewhat intertwined with the American psyche. Being something of a symbol of America, and considering the amount of patriotism there is in America, people feel like they lost a little piece of themselves in the crash.

[diluted]

yea but america didnt go to the moon.

anyway, you spelled chuck palahniuk wrong

[Hamma]

Originally posted by diluted
yea but america didnt go to the moon.

I hate conspiracy theorists