Eventlesstew@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前People of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good.message-squaremessage-square353fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down1112
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squarePeople of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good.Eventlesstew@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前message-square353fedilink
minus-squareTerribleTortoise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down24·edit-21 年前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
minus-squareCarlos Solís@communities.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down3·1 年前That sounds an awful lot like “the boy refused to cross his powerful father, therefore he deserved to die”
minus-squareTerribleTortoise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 年前There’s nothing that indicates he was coerced. My point is that people portray a father taking a 4 year old to his death. I’m just pointing out that he wasn’t a child but an adult who chose to go on the trip.
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·1 年前Legally, 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-up6arrow-down4·1 年前Kids that age get sent to die in wars but they go on a badly informed submarine trip and now it’s 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”
There’s nothing that indicates he was coerced.
My point is that people portray a father taking a 4 year old to his death. I’m just pointing out that he wasn’t a child but an adult who chose to go on the trip.
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