Rich People and their Toys...

10-12-2006, 10:59 AM

Smithee

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Rich People and their Toys...

I feel bad for Lidle's family but... it's a little tough to be overly
sympathetic when someone who is incredibly rich spends huge amounts of
money on a toy and then has an accident while playing with it.

Hundreds of people died in America yesterday. Many of them died
because they didn't have enough money for medicine, shelter, or other
essentials. But somehow, we are supposed to believe that the REAL
tragedy is that a multi-millionaire spent a bunch of his money on an
airplane and then messed up while flying it and crashed? Sorry, as I
said, my heart goes out to the family (as it does to the family of all
those who lose a loved one), but it's hard for me to consider this a
"horrible tragedy."

10-12-2006, 11:34 AM

AJ Brown

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Rich People and their Toys...

Smithee wrote:

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I feel bad for Lidle's family but... it's a little tough to be overly sympathetic when someone who is incredibly rich spends huge amounts of money on a toy and then has an accident while playing with it. Hundreds of people died in America yesterday. Many of them died because they didn't have enough money for medicine, shelter, or other essentials. But somehow, we are supposed to believe that the REAL tragedy is that a multi-millionaire spent a bunch of his money on an airplane and then messed up while flying it and crashed? Sorry, as I said, my heart goes out to the family (as it does to the family of all those who lose a loved one), but it's hard for me to consider this a "horrible tragedy."

Another person (on the ground) was killed in the process.

10-12-2006, 03:31 PM

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"AJ Brown" <ajbrown_nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Smithee wrote:

Quote:

I feel bad for Lidle's family but... it's a little tough to be overly sympathetic when someone who is incredibly rich spends huge amounts of money on a toy and then has an accident while playing with it. Hundreds of people died in America yesterday. Many of them died because they didn't have enough money for medicine, shelter, or other essentials. But somehow, we are supposed to believe that the REAL tragedy is that a multi-millionaire spent a bunch of his money on an airplane and then messed up while flying it and crashed? Sorry, as I said, my heart goes out to the family (as it does to the family of all those who lose a loved one), but it's hard for me to consider this a "horrible tragedy."

Another person (on the ground) was killed in the process

two people in the plane died.no one else.

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