Comments on: Drowning Debris

By: David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:46:35 +0000

Yes, Kimberley, it was a good thing the only things at the bottom of the river were things and not people. I wonder if people had a choice between saving their wallet/purse or their laptop — which would they choose? Identity and belonging or the power to create a personal space in an expanding virtual world?

By: Kimberley Fields

Kimberley Fields — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:07:38 +0000

Isn’t it profound how we have become so attached and sentimental about our belongings?
Yet, there is a bit of irony in this because it is the belongings of the passengers of Flight 1549 being retrieved from the depths of the Hudson River rather than the passengers cold corpses instead. I mean no disrespect in that statement. I imagine, without a doubt, that everyone would rather have the knock at the door be an announcement of “We found some of your belongings.” as opposed to “We found your family member’s body.” I know that I sure would!
Just maybe we have become too attached and sentimental towards the wrong things. The tangible items can most often be replaced but the very existence of someone, once snuffed out, can NEVER be replaced.

By: David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:54:00 +0000

I wonder if they’d let you take the bears, Gordon. Would they try to make you leave them behind?

By: Gordon Davidescu

Gordon Davidescu — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:40:34 +0000

Whenever I go anywhere by plane, I always have the bears situated in such a way that I can easily stash them and go in case of an emergency like that one. I wouldn’t want to risk leaving them to be rescued.