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Collimator

(1,875 posts) Tue Mar 26, 2024, 11:45 AM Mar 2024

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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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You know what is NOT happening in Baltimore? [View all] Collimator Mar 2024 OP

Good points. RW Twitter is awash with conspiracy theories underpants Mar 2024 #1

Also blaming DEI. RockRaven Mar 2024 #3

Yep. Thinks I forgot those. underpants Mar 2024 #6

Alex Jones is saying it's the start of WWIII. sop Mar 2024 #24

🙄 underpants Mar 2024 #26

Yeah? Just wait until the cargo ship manufacturers get a lobbying group. Aristus Mar 2024 #2

Hopefully... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #4

Biden was asked during a presser Kennah Mar 2024 #5

The bridge was onviously not designed Flatrat Mar 2024 #7

No bridge is, because they cannot be. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #8

For sure they can be designed to withstand these collisions HuskyOffset Mar 2024 #17

I mean...it wouldn't be a bridge anymore. It would be an enormous barrier that could not serve any use. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #19

Really? Disaffected Mar 2024 #27

A basic understanding of scale and physics. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #34

A non-answer but thanks anyhow. Disaffected Mar 2024 #39

They can certainly have added protection EX500rider Mar 2024 #36

There's alot bdamomma Mar 2024 #29

Ah, I remember the calls for the WTC to be engineered to maxsolomon Mar 2024 #38

The original was designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707 departing JFK jmowreader Mar 2024 #54

Same with this bridge. maxsolomon Mar 2024 #55

Worse... jmowreader Mar 2024 #58

Because bridge building isn't a popular retail industry, like gunz lindysalsagal Mar 2024 #9

Tugboats don't control ships in the turning basin? Marcus IM Mar 2024 #10

i rather think it's corporations' demand et tu Mar 2024 #11

Only the leverage of where they spend their money. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #14

American Consumers don't. American Corporations do. Ask the CEO how many containers paid for his Mercedes, his yacht, Ford_Prefect Mar 2024 #12

American consumers don't demand low prices? Marcus IM Mar 2024 #13

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 2024 #42

You are not making a good argument for rapacious capitalism. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #43

Imagine.... Ford_Prefect Mar 2024 #44

It's up to the US Coast Guard & local harbor Masters to decide when tugboats are required EX500rider Mar 2024 #37

Consumers demand a fair price. Caliman73 Mar 2024 #15

So, low wages are also partly to blame? Marcus IM Mar 2024 #18

Capitalism is to blame. Caliman73 Mar 2024 #22

I agree in general with your critique of capitalism. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #32

It's only 52 years old, young for an east coast bridge Warpy Mar 2024 #16

Ship lost power in the turning basin. No tugboats required. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #20

Thanks Warpy Mar 2024 #23

Yes. But without power or tugboats, disaster awaits. n/t Marcus IM Mar 2024 #28

The ship lost power Tansy_Gold Mar 2024 #21

This is From a Friend Deep State Witch Mar 2024 #25

I agree with you. The ship lost power for some reason, and they lost control. SlimJimmy Mar 2024 #47

THANK YOU ❗ Duppers Mar 2024 #50

Ahem. If people did that, Alex Jones wouldn't have anything to say rpannier Mar 2024 #51

No one is proposing banning large container ships? SYFROYH Mar 2024 #30

Hell no! We demand cheap China made, no matter the consequences. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #33

My mother took me back to college using this bridge RSherman Mar 2024 #31

Place explosive mines around the perimeter of the bridge MichMan Mar 2024 #35

Now *that's* creative problem solving! nt intrepidity Mar 2024 #41

Best solution yet. maxsolomon Mar 2024 #56

The only thing that stops a bad container ship is a good container ship IronLionZion Mar 2024 #40

One thing that DOES help DFW Mar 2024 #45

Yes, and thank goodness for that! ShazzieB Mar 2024 #49

I don't believe the pilots made a mistake. SlimJimmy Mar 2024 #46

Having been on ships snpsmom Mar 2024 #52

Seems like theres a concerning number of ship issues lately quakerboy Mar 2024 #53

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge now has "islands" around every support to prevent any other accidents. summer_in_TX Mar 2024 #48

No one is talking about banning container ships Jose Garcia Mar 2024 #57