So, AirFrance lost a plane with 228 people on board, and it is suddenly the mega news everywhere.
Well I certainly understand the tragedy for the family and friends. I also get Air France and Airbus being very sad (about the economic and marketing fallouts - the toll of human life being of little consequences to them).
What I don’t get is all the buzz around it. OK, it’s worthy news the day it happens, I guess we don’t lose a plane that often. But come on! 228 dead? What have they that is so special that media feel the need to talk about them again and again, and again?
Sure it’s a tragedy, fine I get that. But damn it, 228 dead it’s nothing, not even a dent in the average 166 000 daily death around the world. And quite frankly I am not even that concerned with the worldwide mortality rate, it’s the birth rate that scares the hell out of me. Why don’t you make the news with that? Because, hey, people, wake up! We are going straight to wall there! And the consequences are far worse than a plane crashing into the Atlantic…
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
http://www.who.int/research/en/
EDIT: And now they sent a nuclear submarine to recover the black boxes… Seriously? You have ANY idea of the number of lives you could save with the cost of that operation? MUCH, MUCH more than 228!
But hey, please, do not save any lives. If you did I could not enjoy that comfortable life of mine anymore, so keep up the good job there. You know what, sent another submarine, in backup, you never know, the area seems dangerous after all.
June 7th, 2009 at 18:14
Depuis les événements de septembre 2001 les médias se déchaînent sans relâche sur toutes les petites et moyennes tragédies, particulièrement celles qui touchent l’occident. Tout est commenté et montré en boucle jusqu’à l’écoeurement. Si j’étais parano (?!) je dirais que c’est exprès pour nous détourner des VRAIS problèmes: la surpopulation, le 2% de riches qui contrôlent tout, la surconsommation effrénée et injustifiable, etc. Ça, ça ne fait que de entrefilets dans nos journaux. Je trouve souvent désespérant de faire partie de la race humaine.
June 9th, 2009 at 15:38
Oh, je ne suis pas parano, et pourtant oui, je pense que tu as raison, c’est fait exprès
Parano se serait “imaginer” des choses. Crois-moi, je suis dans l’imaginaire assez souvent pour faire la différence.
Parler des vrais problèmes c’est trop dur, trop douloureux, et… ça ne vend pas…
“Je trouve souvent désespérant de faire partie de la race humaine.” Moi pas souvent, tout le temps! Mais je suis un optimiste, je sais que nous ne sommes qu’un accro, un minuscule fil tiré sur un merveilleux canevas. Il ne restera rien de nous dans 100 000 ans, et la planète aura encore quelques milliards d’années devant elle. Je ne m’inquiète pas pour la planète, quoiqu’on lui fasse subir, elle a gagné d’avance. Parce que l’on raisonne en minutes, et elle à l’échelle géologique.
June 9th, 2009 at 15:50
EDIT: I edited the article due to recent events.
June 11th, 2009 at 19:20
Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
June 17th, 2009 at 20:43
Is it now? I hope you are refering to the global overpopulation bit, because the plane crash had lost interest to me around 15 minutes after the official announcement…