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I know the piece and others. Thanks for trying. I guess I’ll go with the spirit of our celebrity culture in the initial post...Yay!! the celebrities got out!!! After all, they are so much more important than the nameless others!!!

And just so you aren’t confused, my response to the woman about one life having no more merit than another was directed specifically to her comment.

I disagree. Stalin's, Hitler's, Pol Pot's, and Mao's lives were worth less than the life of the average wino. If I had the ability to save Beethoven or Jeffrey Dahmer, the choice would be easy. The members of a band called "Death Metal" or "Metal of Death" or whatever the hell it was were undoubtedly promoting nihilism and cultural degradation. It doesn't deserve death, but any rational, decent person, given the choice, would prefer that some of the ordinary mothers and fathers had made it out instead.

It looks to me like you were having a knee-jerk reaction to the name, and I am somewhat dubious about your veracity re: your familiarity with their music, especially after reading the underlined section of the copied quote from your post above.

I am no happier that these guys got out than anyone else did. I honestly wish that ALL the people there had escaped with their lives. You came across with a comment that twisted genuine relief at the escape of a few semi-famous folk that have brought entertainment and joy to literally millions into "hero worship" and celebration of nihilism and cultural degradation. Their lives are worth less to you because they are entertainers. To me, ALL lives matter. that some folks didn't make it out is horrible, but many did, and for that I am grateful. Unnamed and regular folk got out too, you know. It wasn't just the band, and apparently there may be a missing member of the crew. Is he just as worthless to you as the band members, or because he's nameless he's OK in your book?

It must be sad to live in such a limited and sterile world.