Five rich white guys ignore all warnings, literally call safety a “waste of money,” and when they are lost at sea due to their own hubris, six nations send ships and personnel and spend millions of dollars for days sparing no expense to save them from their own folly.
At the very same time, a ship filled with hundreds of impoverished migrants fleeing desperate conditions in search of nothing more than survival and a glimmer of hope of a better life for their children, resulting in hundreds of deaths. The response? Calls for tighter border security and immigration controls.
Foolishness does not merit a death penalty. Nor does the desperate search for a better life. I do not begrudge the effort to save the lives of reckless adventurers disregarding warnings in search of new thrills in turning a gravesite into a tourist attraction. But I do object to the callous disregard shown for others who live in desperation and poverty.
Human life should not be measured in dollars and sense by those who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Five rich white guys ignore all warnings, literally call safety a “waste of money,” and when they are lost at sea due to their own hubris, six nations send ships and personnel and spend millions of dollars for days sparing no expense to save them from their own folly.
At the very same time, a ship filled with hundreds of impoverished migrants fleeing desperate conditions in search of nothing more than survival and a glimmer of hope of a better life for their children, resulting in hundreds of deaths. The response? Calls for tighter border security and immigration controls.
Foolishness does not merit a death penalty. Nor does the desperate search for a better life. I do not begrudge the effort to save the lives of reckless adventurers disregarding warnings in search of new thrills in turning a gravesite into a tourist attraction. But I do object to the callous disregard shown for others who live in desperation and poverty.
Human life should not be measured in dollars and sense by those who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.