Comments on: Captain Obvious Strikes Back! http://www.thoughtquotient.com/2004/12/14/captain-obvious/ Music - Media - Faith Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:14:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Scott http://www.thoughtquotient.com/2004/12/14/captain-obvious/#comment-268 Scott Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:11:15 +0000 http://www.thoughtquotient.com/2004/12/14/captain-obvious/#comment-268 You have <i>seriously</i> misunderstood me. My point was that those who wrote the article pointed out that "finding the six crew members lost at sea remained a priority ? despite their diminishing odds for survival." This statement made it sound like it was a bad thing that finding the crew members remained a priority... instead of cleaning up the oil spill. Rest assured, I think it's a terrible thing that those people lost their lives. I believe the search should be (have been) continued until the survivors were found or beyond all hope of recovery. My prayers go out to the families of those who were lost. I really thought the statement in the next paragraph would have made my position clear. I will try harder to avoid confusion in the future. In light of this confusion, I have underlined and italicized the portion of the text to which I was referring. God bless. You have seriously misunderstood me. My point was that those who wrote the article pointed out that “finding the six crew members lost at sea remained a priority ? despite their diminishing odds for survival.”

This statement made it sound like it was a bad thing that finding the crew members remained a priority… instead of cleaning up the oil spill.

Rest assured, I think it’s a terrible thing that those people lost their lives. I believe the search should be (have been) continued until the survivors were found or beyond all hope of recovery. My prayers go out to the families of those who were lost.

I really thought the statement in the next paragraph would have made my position clear. I will try harder to avoid confusion in the future. In light of this confusion, I have underlined and italicized the portion of the text to which I was referring. God bless.

]]> By: a_visitor http://www.thoughtquotient.com/2004/12/14/captain-obvious/#comment-265 a_visitor Wed, 15 Dec 2004 01:57:32 +0000 http://www.thoughtquotient.com/2004/12/14/captain-obvious/#comment-265 We may not disagree with 'big oil' but why joke around about 6 people - who probably had families, loved ones, wives, and kids - who may be dead - and casually comment this may not be 'a bad thing'? Until we seriously look at alternatives to an oil based economy, we shouldn't gripe about its existence. Our choices, consumption, and economics fuel this beast. Instead of keeping it on a chain, we should get rid of it. We may not disagree with ‘big oil’ but why joke around about 6 people - who probably had families, loved ones, wives, and kids - who may be dead - and casually comment this may not be ‘a bad thing’?

Until we seriously look at alternatives to an oil based economy, we shouldn’t gripe about its existence. Our choices, consumption, and economics fuel this beast. Instead of keeping it on a chain, we should get rid of it.

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