Malaysian Airliner 747 crashes. Did Russia shoot it down? — Page 2

The Russian-backed separatists are in control of that area. It's just as impossible to secure as an ISIS-controlled area of Iraq or Syria would be.

This is the kind of world we live in. Technologically advanced yet still barbaric.

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The loss is immeasurable. These are people who spent their lives helping others.

NYTimes

Updated On: 7/18/14 at 02:13 PM

Who said they weren't just as important?

The entire history of literature and drama teaches us that sympathy for the largest portion of humanity is best served by telling the stories of individuals.

By telling Anne Frank's story, we do not say that Anne Frank is "more important" than every other victim of the Holocaust. Rather, we humanize all of them by telling the story of one.

"Tell my story"--it's the greatest gift we can give to those who have passed.

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Who gives a SH*T what Jason Biggs says or some absolutely meaningless Twitter controversy?

The cure for AIDS may have been on that plane.


‘The AIDS cure may have been on that plane’ Chris Hayes talks about the impact of losing some of the world’s best AIDS/HIV researchers in the Malaysia Flight MH17 disaster.

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"The cure for AIDS may have been on that plane."

This truly was an unfortunate situation. Hundreds of people lost their lives and the world also lost some hope for the future of medicine.

"To try and say one loss is more than another is wrong."

Thank goodness every thinking person knows no one on this thread has said any such thing.

It bears repeating:

Thank goodness every thinking person knows no one on this thread has said any such thing.