Eventlesstew@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoPeople of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good.message-squaremessage-square341fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down192
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squarePeople of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good.Eventlesstew@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square341fedilink
minus-squareTerribleTortoise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down24·edit-21 year agoSuleman Dawood was the youngest passenger on board. He was 19 and therefore an adult capable of making his own decisions. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/europe/titan-submersible-victims-intl/index.html
minus-squareCarlos Solís@communities.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoThat sounds an awful lot like “the boy refused to cross his powerful father, therefore he deserved to die”
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·1 year agoLegally, yes, he was an adult. But compared to me he was a kid. I had not yet lived much at 19.
minus-squareHerbalGamer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·1 year agoKids that age get sent to die in wars but they go on a badly informed submarine trip and now it’s a tragedy?
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoKids dying in wars is also a tragedy
Suleman Dawood was the youngest passenger on board. He was 19 and therefore an adult capable of making his own decisions.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/europe/titan-submersible-victims-intl/index.html
That sounds an awful lot like “the boy refused to cross his powerful father, therefore he deserved to die”
Legally, yes, he was an adult. But compared to me he was a kid. I had not yet lived much at 19.
Kids that age get sent to die in wars but they go on a badly informed submarine trip and now it’s a tragedy?
Kids dying in wars is also a tragedy