There was a plane crash earlier today, in the Alps. It was a German flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. There are not thought to be any survivors. Aside from the obvious distress this tragedy might cause one, it has also prompted a tsunami of lamentable and ill-informed speculation from some of my less enlightened colleagues to add to one's woes.
What's particularly troubling is the self-assurance each demonstrates on subjects he can only realistically know precisely zero about. For example, they were debating the likelihood of the aircraft's having been downed by a bomb earlier. This scintillating dialogue was based solely on reports of the size of the crash site. I'm guessing...no, hang on, that's what they were doing. How many people do you suppose are actually qualified to speak on such an esoteric matter? Not many I suspect.
The idiot debates aside, they also demonstrate an appalling lack of empathy for the victims. It's as if they've just watched a circus clown come a cropper on a banana skin. The general tone seems to be one of bemused mirth. Very odd and most distasteful.
An appalling human tragedy reduced to the level of viral "entertainment".
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