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Le/On10 Sep 96 @ 22:25, vous ecrivites/you wrote: > There have been disasters of all kinds with planes, trains, buses, > Zeppelins, etc. What a mess it would be if every disaster was left alone > as some sort of monument to the dead. There would be burnt out buildings, > heaps of rusting metal, piles of bones all over the place. > > Those people who died so tragically on the Titanic are gone now, there is > nothing down there worth protecting. In a world getting smaller by the By comparison, the Empress of Ireland, the second worst peacetime naval disaster (1914, 1023 dead) stands still in 40-80msw in the St-Lawrence, and has been the prey of many graverobbers who will plunder this "monument to the dead" (witness the recent advertisement here for yet another plundering expedition obviously meant for yankees with deep pockets). The Titanic piecemeal raising is nothing less than the same kind of grave robbing witnessed on the Empress. ----------------- Pour la Republique Francaise du Quebec ----------------- If you are disturbed by political slogans that don't support what you think, or believe that because you have lots of money, your voice has more value than one poorer than you, you may be not a democrat, but a fascist. ~~~ Last dive: the *WALL* at Escoumins (Quebec) with wolf eels - 25msw ~~~ This .sig is illegal in the states, because it contains a dirty word. Marc Dufour - [\] ACUC6 31874 - TDI CD-0197 - http://www.accent.net/emdx
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