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Strangely, I consider both events - the submarine and the refugees - to be equally heartbreaking, in the sense that both are pointless losses of life that could have been avoided.

However, I also consider both events to be equally stupid - billionaires being cocky stupid, and the refugees being desperate stupid; the kind of stupid wherein we make bad decisions with likely bad outcomes, on the gamble that it'll work.

Looking at it from a more emotional standpoint, I think I might be biased in that I feel like that there are a lot more important events occurring around us, that effect us in a much larger way, that simply gets swept under the rug by these types of "news" stories.

I'm not lacking sympathy for the kid's loss. Losing a parent for most people is terrible. But I'm not going to feel any more sympathy towards them, than I would you - being a complete stranger to me. Certainly not because "news" tells me to. It would be fair to say that the thoughts and feelings I have towards the negative impact of what it takes to accumulate that sort of wealth override the casual sympathy for the submarine situation.

The refugee situation is a whole 'nother can of worms. But as desperate a move as it may have been for them, I do in fact respect them for taking that risk for what I'll assume to be trying to have a better life. That takes some amount of courage, so as individuals it's mainly sympathy. Long way about it, those in the submarine represent why there's a refugee situation.

As far as the eggplant parmesean goes, while I regret to inform you that it wasn't fresh from a garden, I can make it up to you and vouch that the "heat n eat" in the frozen section at Aldi's is pretty okay.