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Everyone seen about the shuttle Columbia on the news ? Looks like its exploded on re-entry. The debris coming down looks just like the Challenger shuttle when that blew up. :-(

Looks like the debris is gonna hit Texas when it comes down, hopefully it won't do much damage.
Can only imagine what the families of the 7 member crew are going through right now.
Anyway, its on the news if anyone wants to see whats happening.

It pays well, though. I think peole have gone to so much trouble mourning these people when people die everyday by diasters, it's just that this story happened to be seen by loads of people.

One farmer is worth a 1000 Astronauts, and most of them live in LEDCs, but no one gives a crap when they die do they?

Astronaut is one of the most useless proffessions around at the moment.

I don't mean to be outrageously horrible, but:

What does NASA stand for?

Need another seven astronauts.

hehe

If Bush is shocked at what happened and is 'mourning', why will he knowingly send thousands of his men to their deaths and possibly endanger the lives of all his people.

Fool.

Maverick42 wrote:

People do die every day, but this was different. It was seven, good people. Astronauts, and it was a fault on the space shuttle. The President is showing respect - why can't these guys?
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Oh, right. Because it was seven people, we are supposed to feel seven-times more sorry for them.

Sorry, but I don't buy that. Loss of life, no matter how many or great, is LOSS OF LIFE. You can't measure it by "How many people died", for example.

And the President showing respect? Bullplop. If he wants to show respect, how about showing respect to the average American, and not going into war head-first.

And again, "The President is showing respect - why can't these guys?". It is the same basic principle; why should we show dead people more respect, merely because they have been shrewn across the front pages of the Sunday paper, ITV, etc? If we are to do that, then I will gladly start a "Deaths Which nobody knows/ cares about" topic. But then, you'd think that was a bit stupid, wouldn't you? Much like I do, with you accusing these guys of not showing enough respec'. Sorry, but I show enough respect to the living AND the dead; and don't need anyone to tell me how to mourn a stranger.

Maverick42 wrote:
> People do die every day, but this was different. It was seven, good
> people. Astronauts, and it was a fault on the space shuttle. The
> President is showing respect - why can't these guys?

Agreed.

Expletive Deleted wrote:
> They're not establishing that they don't are; merely suggesting that
> there are many other deaths in the world which go un-noticed. Joking
> around is what they do every day on here, people also die EVERY DAY.
> Does it still mean that they don't care?

People do die every day, but this was different. It was seven, good people. Astronauts, and it was a fault on the space shuttle. The President is showing respect - why can't these guys?

Hi, im Matt.

*nods*

I don't even know who the hell you are.....

Sounds like a lie.