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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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?