4 Feb
2003
4 Feb
'03
1:50 p.m.
7 people died. 7 people die all the time. These 7 happened to be astronauts.
Big deal.
5 Feb
5 Feb
5:31 a.m.
> 7 people died. 7 people die all the time. These 7
happened to be astronauts.
> Big deal.
Troll.
I tried to stay off the Columbia thread, but the Troll
argument doesn't realy fit. The very same day 40 people
died in a train crash in Simbabwe and 42 as a house
exploded in Lagos (Nigeria, Africa). So are they not
woth beeing mentioned, just because they didn't die
in a multi billion dollar environment ?
Sorry, I don't want to degrade any of the Columbia
passengers, but our news business got a huge problem.
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa 4.0 am 03./04. Mai 2003 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
5:45 a.m.
And thusly Hans Franke spake:
I tried to stay off the Columbia thread, but the Troll
argument doesn't realy fit. The very same day 40 people
died in a train crash in Simbabwe and 42 as a house
exploded in Lagos (Nigeria, Africa). So are they not
woth beeing mentioned, just because they didn't die
in a multi billion dollar environment ?
Sorry, I don't want to degrade any of the Columbia
passengers, but our news business got a huge problem.
I believe this is like comparing the assasination of JFK to somebody on
the street getting shot.
Cheers,
Bryan
6 Feb
6 Feb
9:10 a.m.
Along the same lines; 7 school-kids on a ski outing were
killed by an avalanche in the Canadian rockies the same
day. CBC-TV jumped all over the Columbia event and ran
continuous coverage of the Columbia relegating the
avalanche victims to regular news coverage.
I'm sure the parents and relatives of these kids
considered the Columbia secondary and were hurt when
so little coverage was done in Canada due to the
Columbia media event. Belatedly, undoubtably
responding to criticism, there has been much more follow-
up coverage, and much crocodile tears by the media.
Along similar lines a local school class' entry in a contest
was rejected by the Chicago organizer in response to
Canadian government positions on Iraq. The new
McCarthyism. And of course there was only local
coverage of it by the spin-doctored media.
I agree with Hans. The original purpose of the news-
media was to provide news, not spin-doctored media
spectaculars, however unfortunate the Columbia event
was.
Lawrence
On 5 Feb 2003, , Hans Franke wrote:
lgwalker@ mts.net
> 7 people
died. 7 people die all the time. These 7
> happened to be astronauts. Big deal.
Troll.
I tried to stay off the Columbia thread, but the Troll
argument doesn't realy fit. The very same day 40 people died
in a train crash in Simbabwe and 42 as a house exploded in
Lagos (Nigeria, Africa). So are they not woth beeing
mentioned, just because they didn't die in a multi billion
dollar environment ?
Sorry, I don't want to degrade any of the Columbia
passengers, but our news business got a huge problem.
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa 4.0 am 03./04. Mai 2003 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/ 
4:18 p.m.
Lawrence Walker wrote:
Along the same lines; 7 school-kids on a ski outing
were
killed by an avalanche in the Canadian rockies the same
day. CBC-TV jumped all over the Columbia event and ran
continuous coverage of the Columbia relegating the
avalanche victims to regular news coverage.
I heard about the Avalanche, but I didn't think all the kids died.
Unless, maybe the total number of kids was more than seven. I didn't
really pay much attention, since it was someone else's local news, and I
was interested in hearing about national news..... the Columbia.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
7 Feb
7 Feb
12:22 a.m.
New subject: OT Avalanches (was: Columbia)
> Along the same lines; 7 school-kids on a ski
outing were
> killed by an avalanche in the Canadian rockies the same
> day. CBC-TV jumped all over the Columbia event and ran
> continuous coverage of the Columbia relegating the
> avalanche victims to regular news coverage.
I heard about the Avalanche, but I didn't think
all the kids died.
Unless, maybe the total number of kids was more than seven. I didn't
really pay much attention, since it was someone else's local news, and I
was interested in hearing about national news..... the Columbia.
Yesterday 4 snowboarders, which where missing afer an avalanche
in the French Alps where rescued. They survived in a self made
igloo in 2150m (~7000ft) for 4 days.
Grus
H.
--
VCF Europa 4.0 am 03./04. Mai 2003 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
12:52 a.m.
New subject: OT Avalanches (was: Columbia)
When I was a kid, I tried and tried to make an igloo of packed cubes of
snow. I never could get one finished as once the walls started to curve
I couldn't get the layers to stick long enough to close the thing up and
complete it. An igloo is a very stable structure, but a half-finished
one isn't at all stable...
I've run a few over with the snowmobile in frustration.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Hans Franke
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:21 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: OT Avalanches (was: Columbia)
> Along the same lines; 7 school-kids on a ski
outing were
> killed by an avalanche in the Canadian rockies the same
> day. CBC-TV jumped all over the Columbia event and ran
> continuous coverage of the Columbia relegating the
> avalanche victims to regular news coverage.
I heard about the Avalanche, but I didn't think
all the kids died.
Unless, maybe the total number of kids was more than seven. I didn't
really pay much attention, since it was someone else's local news, and
I
was interested in hearing about national news..... the
Columbia.
Yesterday 4 snowboarders, which where missing afer an avalanche
in the French Alps where rescued. They survived in a self made
igloo in 2150m (~7000ft) for 4 days.
Grus
H.
--
VCF Europa 4.0 am 03./04. Mai 2003 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
3:37 a.m.
New subject: OT Avalanches (was: Columbia)
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Jeffrey S. Worley wrote:
When I was a kid, I tried and tried to make an igloo
of packed cubes of
snow. I never could get one finished as once the walls started to curve
I couldn't get the layers to stick long enough to close the thing up and
complete it. An igloo is a very stable structure, but a half-finished
one isn't at all stable...
ISTR the Inuit used water to fuse the blocks while building.
Doc
6 Feb
6 Feb
11:49 p.m.
And thusly Lawrence Walker spake:
Along the same lines; 7 school-kids on a ski outing were
killed by an avalanche in the Canadian rockies the same
day. CBC-TV jumped all over the Columbia event and ran
continuous coverage of the Columbia relegating the
avalanche victims to regular news coverage.
Late Saturday night on NWI was the CBC broadcast which had only
two stories: the Columbia disaster and this avalanche. Granted,
they did spend more time on Columbia.
Cheers,
Bryan
7943
days inactive
7946
days old
9 comments
8 participants
participants (8)
-
bpope＠wordstock.com -
doc＠mdrconsult.com -
fernande＠internet1.net -
geneb＠deltasoft.com -
Hans.Franke＠mch20.sbs.de -
jwillis＠manson.vistech.net -
lgwalker＠mts.net -
Technoid＠30below.com