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Showing Original Post only (View all)You know what is NOT happening in Baltimore? [View all]
Nobody is shaking their heads and saying, "Yes, this is a terrible tragedy. But people make mistakes and maybe the pilot had mental health issues. But, hey, if you want to enjoy the freedom of buying lots of stuff inexpensively, you have to accept that these sorts of things will happen."
Nope. People are looking into what happened this morning with an eye to making sure that it doesn't happen again.
That's because it wasn't a mass shooting that took the lives of ordinary people just trying to get through an ordinary day.
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I mean...it wouldn't be a bridge anymore. It would be an enormous barrier that could not serve any use.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 26
#19
The original was designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707 departing JFK
jmowreader
Mar 28
#54
American Consumers don't. American Corporations do. Ask the CEO how many containers paid for his Mercedes, his yacht,
Ford_Prefect
Mar 26
#12
If it really worked that way the prices would actually be lower. the difference is the products cost the same but the
Ford_Prefect
Mar 26
#42
It's up to the US Coast Guard & local harbor Masters to decide when tugboats are required
EX500rider
Mar 26
#37