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Old 04-03-2014, 10:28 PM   #1
monster
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Plane search vs spending the money combatting world hunger and disease

I'm having a hard time with the hunt for the missing Malaysian plane. So much money, so many resources. The people are dead. they're trying to bring closure to the relatives (or garnering fame and scoring political points).... but at what cost? Even if they did find it, and they ID the corpses through dental records/whatever, then they go through the (expensive) process of removing the bodies and returning them.....they're not going to be in a fit state to be viewed by and be recognizable to their relatives, I'm not sure there's any more closure there than being told now they are dead and will never be found.

Some people die and they're bodies are never found. it sucks donkeys' balls, but nothing is going to change their deadness. this hunt is not heroic, it's stupid and a complete waste of resources. What if we put that manpower into building an orphanage/family shelter and a school with a sustainable farm in a war-torn country in Africa or -say- Downtown Detroit? there's so much good that could be done that would save more lives than are already lost.

/rant **maybe**

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