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Practically no one died in the Hindenberg disaster. There were more people injured than died. Most people involved just walked away from it. It was televised spectacle much more than a factual tragedy.

(It's a bit like saying we shouldn't use AC power because look what Edison did with those poor elephants. It's interesting anti-technological propaganda that made sense socio-politically at the time but isn't that useful to today's discussions.)



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