At least 323 Egyptian and 60 Jordanian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, diplomats told AFP on Tuesday.
Such senseless loss of life in the name of religion.
If they’d died in the Saudi heat to a secular activity - at an F1 race event or inside a poorly A/C’d movie theater or trapped on an overheated bus - would that have been better?
Well I think religion is one of the few things you can get enough uneducated/dedicated people to die in the hundreds from heat stroke without people being like"I should probably leave"
All the examples you gave, of course except being trapped on a bus, people would realize there is a serious issue and start leaving once the first handful of people died.
“I’m not leaving the theater till I see the end of Iron man 2, I don’t care that half the theaters dead and I’m next!”
EDIT
the Hajj as a cultural event was originally intended as this class-agnostic unifying practice social event.
lol, weren’t women not allowed to go alone until recently or still?
Well I think religion is one of the few things you can get enough uneducated/dedicated people to die in the hundreds from heat stroke without people being like"I should probably leave"
All the examples you gave, of course except being trapped on a bus, people would realize there is a serious issue and start leaving once the first handful of people died.
“I’m not leaving the theater till I see the end of Iron man 2, I don’t care that half the theaters dead and I’m next!”
EDIT
lol, weren’t women not allowed to go alone until recently or still?