I love the story of the Titanic,what lessons do you think people learned for this tragedy?
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In the early 20th Century, technology had been growing rapidly. Titanic was one result of this massive movement. It was a time when we were arrogant. We had a massive ego because we were conquering new ground. Ultimately that's why many saw this new ship; the largest in the world, as "unsinkable". \n\nApart from the obvious lesson; man kind cannot defeat Mother Nature, there are many other lessons that can and have been learned from the tragedy. Lessons like the value of life, safety precautions. Did you know that after the Titanic sank, the Internation Ice Patrol was created. They're responsible for helping keep ships safe in the North Atlantic Ocean from ice bergs.\n\nOther lessons have been learned, too many to mention, however look at the rest of the century, two world wars, countless others, atomic weapons... all results from the massive boom in technology at the beginning of the 20th Century. The Titanic sank at a point in time were we thought we were inferior to anything in the world... even God, as you mentioned "God himself could not sink this ship". The Titanic disaster means different things to different people. Everyone responds to the story in their own way. Everyone learns different lessons from the great ship. Personally, i've learned that Titanic, a truly beautiful ship in 1912, although loosing a significant amount of human life, is now home to another type of life. The ship, although 3871 metres below the surface is still extremely beautiful; in a different way to which it slipped benneath the water.\n\nWe've learned from our mistakes... the aren't arrogant, we don't assume supremacy, and we now have sufficiant ammenities to acommodate the needs of everyone in the event of a disaster or emergency.\n\nI hope this has helped.
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ask a TITANIC survivor..........
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I ♥ her songs... shes brilliant.. especially think twice .. love that song!! its amazing.. and the titanic theme...
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Okay, dissecting this piece by piece:\n\n1) NO, the Titanic was not on the iceberg when it sank. The berg scraped along the side of the ship, which continued to travel for some time (I believe it was more than an hour) before going down completely, snapping in two as it did.\n\n2) No sites or theories, sorry.\n\n3) Yes, and no - in some ways, the White Star Line was responsible, but in other ways, it was not. They were pushing for a new Atlantic speed record, and so the captain didn't slow down even when he was warned of the danger of icebergs. This was his fault. \n\nHowever, what actually sank the "unsinkable" ship was this: the watertight compartments in the bottom of the ship, which SHOULD have made the ship unsinkable! When the ship scraped the berg, the FRONT compartments were breached by ice below the waterline, while the BACK compartments were not. Water flooded the front compartments, making the ship "top heavy" in the bow end. This pulled the front of the ship down. In the scenarios envisioned by the WSL, ALL the compartments would have flooded, and the ship would have continued to float because the water wouldn't have been able to get above the level of those compartments. However, they DIDN'T flood that way. That's also why the ship went down bow-first - the bow was heavier than the stern.\n\n4) I'm not aware of where the steel was obtained, but sheared rivets (the fasteners that held the ship together, cut in two by hitting the berg) recovered from the ocean floor show that there were flaws in the composition of the steel. \n\n\nPersonal observation: you might have better luck arguing that it was the WSL's fault that so many people died, as opposed to the crash itself being their fault. Why? Because:\n\n1) Not enough lifeboats\n2) Lowering half-filled lifeboats (Yes, this really happened - it wasn't just in the movie)\n3) Waiting for a long period of time before attempting to rescue any of the people who lived, but didn't make it to a lifeboat and froze in the water instead\n4) People from the lower classes were actually sealed belowdecks to keep the lifeboat stations from being swamped, and to allow the "more valuable" passengers to get off first. More than 2/3 of the ship's population was from second and third class. \n\nIf I were you, I'd check Wikipedia for articles on the Titanic, and do a basic Internet search. Try "How did the Titanic sink?" and "How was the Titanic built?" on ask.com to get good results.
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I love that movie!  It taught me some important lessons too.\n\nLesson was...life or friendship or love is more important than mere objects.  And that could go for concepts too---life is more important than tightly holding onto some concepts.
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Overconfidence.Because Titanic hull's made of very thick steel and they thought it was strong enought to deal with little iceberg.\n\nOn the night of Sunday, April 14, the temperature had dropped to near freezing and the ocean was completely calm. Surviving 2nd Officer Charles Lightoller later wrote "the sea was like glass". There was no moon and the sky was clear. Captain Edward Smith, perhaps in response to iceberg warnings received via wireless over the last few days, had altered Titanic's course around 10 miles (18 km) south of the normal shipping route. That Sunday at 1:45 PM, a message from the steamer SS Amerika warned that large icebergs lay south of Titanic's path but the warning was addressed to the USN Hydrographic office and was never relayed to the bridge. Iceberg warnings were received throughout the day and were quite normal for that time of year. Later that evening at 9:30pm, another report of numerous, large icebergs in Titanic's path came to Jack Phillips and Harold Bride in the radio room, this time from the Mesaba, but also failed to reach the bridge. Although there were warnings, there was no operational and safety reason to slow down or alter course. The Titanic had three teams of two lookouts high up in the "Crow's nest" who rotated every two hours. On any other night, it is almost certain they would have been able to see the berg in time. With no moon, no wind and the dark side of the berg facing the ship, a conglomeration of factors that might occur once in a lifetime came together. Had they spotted the iceberg 10 seconds later or 10 seconds earlier or even had simply hit it straight on, the ship likely would not have foundered. As Lightoller later said at the American inquiry "Everything was against us that night."\n\nAt 11:40 PM while sailing south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, lookouts Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee spotted a large iceberg directly ahead of the ship. Fleet sounded the ship's bell three times and telephoned the bridge. Sixth Officer Moody answered, "Yes, what do you see?", only to hear Fleet exclaiming, "Iceberg, right ahead!", to which Moody responded, "thank you", before informing First Officer Murdoch of the call. Murdoch (who had now already seen the iceberg) ordered an abrupt turn to port (left) and full speed astern, which stopped and then reversed the ship's reciprocating engines driving the wing propellers (the center shaft stopped as the turbine was not reversible. In reverse configuration the residual steam from the reciprocating engines was channeled directly to the condensers). A collision turned out to be inevitable, and the ship's starboard (right) side brushed the iceberg, buckling the hull in several places and popping out rivets below the waterline, creating a total of six leaks in the first five watertight compartments. The 5th compartment was breeched for only 10-15 feet. Murdoch then ordered the ship hard right rudder which swung Titanic's stern away from the iceberg. The watertight doors were shut as water started filling the five compartments --one more than Titanic could stay afloat with. Captain Smith, alerted by the jolt of the impact, ordered "all-stop" once he arrived on the bridge. Following an inspection by the ship's senior officers, the ship's carpenter and Thomas Andrews, which included a survey of the half flooded two-deck postel room, it was apparent that the Titanic would sink. 45 minutes after the collision, at approximetly 12:30pm the Captain ordered the lifeboats prepped. At approximetly 12:45pm, a full hour after the collision, the first white distress rocket was fired by 4th Officer Joseph Boxhall.
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What nobody ever bothers to point-out is:\n\nJack & Rose CAUSE the freaking crash, in the first place! The lookouts were too busy, watching Leo get busy; to see the iceberg in time!\n\nAnd what's up with Rose, anyway?\n\nTrying to jump-off, while the boat is fine; then jumping back-on, when the boat is sinking?\n\nDumb!
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titanic?  wasn't that jack dawson?  i know he died. but rose considered herself his wife!
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i sunk a titanic just a minute ago. ;-)
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i think "Titanic" is a great, but sad movie. it's a shame that all those people died on april 15, 1912! :(
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Not many people are alive today that were at Pearl Harbor and I believe that the last survivor of the Titanic died recently.  \n\nThe first movie about the Titanic didn't come out until 1943.\n\nI think the fact that 9/11 was a terrorist attack on our own homeland soil is the reason it is such a touchy subject.
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I just love Titanic.  I wish i were Rose.  Kissing Leo would be my so big dream.  Yes I would make a movie like Titanic, but make it so different.
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the moral of the story/the overall message it's related to.\neg:war,betrayal,loneliness\nhope that helped.cheerz!
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my favorite Bible story is found in the NT - where Peter steps out of the boat and walks on water, in the midst of a stormy sea...\n\nI like this story in particular, simply because metaphorically it teaches us that we need to keep our eyes on JESUS, and not look at the 'waves' (circumstances, problems, etc) in our life. \n\nIf we fail to keep our eyes on JESUS than we go under - just like Peter did once he start looking at the waves.\n\n\nYes, I believe it's true.\n\nThank you by the way, for asking this question. I think it's a wonderful question and you are to be commended for asking it.\n\nGod Bless.
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Of that list... my personal favorite is Forrest Gump. Triumph and tragedy in the same story...that is life. Forrest Gump as a story may exaggerate life, but it's still life. And the grace and humility with which he deals with both success and loss are examples we could all follow a little more often. :-)
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United93 opened my eyes reg. the pain of innocent ppl who died on that very day. I guess ppl must know what is to live in fear why freedom is important. Why terrorism is bad and how it feels when you realise that you are gonna die in the next 15-20 mins because of some crazy fanatic. I guess such movies that portrays reality rather than some joker(hollywood punks) trying to do something fake. I really commended the ppl involved in this tragedy, their spirit and courage. May god bless ppl of America and the rest of the world affected by terrorism, my country India being one of them.
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Your question is what lessons are learned from the story of Lot. I know that there are some gross situations here, but let me explain my take on this story. I am a Christian though not an expert and have been listening to this story all of my life. Lot chose the well watered plains of Sodom and Gamorrah - he was given a choice, and he chose the "easy" path instead of following God's plan. He went into the cities and became involved in the sinful atmosphere of these cities (knowing that God would not approve). He had raised his family there, so when God had had enough and sent the angels to warn Lot to get out, he had a very hard time convincing his family (let alone others) that they needed to leave. When Lot offered his daughters in lieu of the angels, Lot knew God would punish him for allowing any acts of homosexuality to take place (it is an abomination to God). Lot had sinned by not following God, and the sin followed him throughout the remainder of his life - this teaches me that when you sin (even though God firgives sin), the effects of that sin hurt you personally, it hurts your family (wife and daughters), and it destroys your testimony before others (especially the unsaved whom we are trying to live an example for). If you trace all of the descendants of Lot (even the descendants of his daughters) you find no outstanding people living for God. The original sin of Lot's turn from God by going into the cities and sin, provided a direction for the outcome of all the other happenings in his life. He never regained control of his life, and, as a result, was never used of God for the furtherance of God's work. Lot was human just like you and I, and if it weren't for the grace of God, I could be in the same boat. Any time we turn from God's ways and direction, we are sinning, and we will reap the results of what we have sewn.