Reply #46: NOBODY is to blame for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory deaths [View All]

[LostinVA]

What is it with this obsessive need for people to place blame for every single tragedy? For crying out loud. Sometimes things happen. Blame God if you believe in him.

The Triangle Shirtwaist owners could not have predicted a stampede that would result in deaths. Could they have taken more precautions? Sure. It may still well have happened anyway.

Similarly, nobody in the crowd intended to trample someone to death. Once a crowd starts moving, it becomes physically impossible to stop. Let me say that again: It is physically impossible to stop a surging crowd. Either you step on the person on the floor, or you trip and fall yourself to be stepped on. It's that simple.

It was an accident. Nobody is to blame.

Jesus.