In defence of the media

It is a huge story, what with it being the Titanic and all. It's also become an opportunity for some to make a political/class point which has added another storyline to it.

Until they found hard evidence there was always chance, however slim, of a successful/ heroic outcome a la Thai caves, people who get found alive in earthquake rubble way past the expected survival time, Tony Bullimore- the sailor who lasted 5 days in an upturned sailing boat. It's a good job they carried on searching for him when most thought he'd perished.

We're humans. We love a good survival against the odds story. It distracts us from our fragile grip on this life!

Posted By: Captain Bligh on June 23rd 2023 at 09:18:05

Message Thread

So it looks like the sub imploded / exploded days ago (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 00:58:25
- Which was always the most likely scenario (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 23, 10:35:42
  - We should've sent Jumbo in,he's rescued more people in far more dangerous situations. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 23, 11:09:27
    - His Garry tells me he likes going down too (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 23, 11:22:28
- Too soon? (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 23, 10:05:19
  - Haha (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 11:38:26
  - Ashamed lol (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jun 23, 11:21:47
  - "dead legend" now, surely (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 23, 10:12:13
- Obviously they signed waivers accepting they might die (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 23, 08:51:13
  - Seriously hoping there’s an English law insurance policy or two knocking around (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 23, 11:08:04
    - Stop it. You'll trigger Champs. (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 23, 13:19:55
    - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 23, 11:13:42
  - I get more cautious as I get older but even so i cannot conceive of why someone would (General Chat) - Jim, Jun 23, 09:05:19
    - And it was the 19 year old who didn’t want to go (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 23, 09:17:40
      - Depends if there’s an afterlife (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 23, 11:34:18
      - Shame he wouldn't have had time to tell his father "I told you so" (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 23, 11:23:48
        
        Probably died glad that he'd joined it in the end (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 23, 12:09:35
- It's a bit fishy, (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jun 23, 06:10:55
  - You see a conspiracy in everything. (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jun 23, 09:49:37
    - It was a conspiracy (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 23, 10:40:20
  - US navy apparently heard the implosion on Sunday. (n/m) (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jun 23, 06:17:53
    - So (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jun 23, 06:21:07
      - The coast guard were told, but it wasn't considered definitive (General Chat) - megson, Jun 23, 09:52:53
      - Was it withheld from them? (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 23, 07:17:07
        
        I saw something yesterday on sky that said the families immediately (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jun 23, 07:28:41
        
        Same question again because you don't seem to have understood it first time.... (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 23, 09:58:34
        
        They heard the implosion,but may not have known what it was. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 23, 09:16:28
        
        What about all the thousands of poor migrants that die at sea though? (General Chat) - ChampsChamps2023, Jun 23, 08:13:40
        
        they were very very rich people who........... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 23, 08:54:03
        
        Deep sea search and rescue (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 23, 07:44:45
        
        "The people have the right to know!" (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 23, 08:55:32
        
        In defence of the media (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 23, 09:18:05
        
        yeah - fair enough (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 23, 09:31:40
        
        Charlie Brooker's rolling news dissection hilariously sums it up... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jun 23, 11:04:29
        
        That won't catch on 😁 (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 23, 09:56:01
        
        Whale farts 🐳 💨 (n/m) (General Chat) - ChampsChamps2023, Jun 23, 08:14:15
        
        Probably attacked by Orcas (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 23, 09:59:07
- Of the Sun imploded at that depth,I assume the bodies too.pretty unpleasant way to go if s (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 23, 05:57:10
  - Probably not a bad way to go to be fair (General Chat) - I Am H2O, Jun 23, 06:36:09
    - You'd have been fine - open the hatch and drink the ocean dry (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 09:37:42
    - Absolutely this ^^^^ (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 23, 09:22:04

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