I supposed were so enamored (as pho put's it) with tragedies as the human race as a people don't really like things going right
as most ( Not all, pls leave flaming out of it) are naturally pessimistic, the glass half empty sort of thing
and as such tragedies are just and extension of that, as no only do we moan about our own problems, we can't help but to be interested in other peoples
especially if there worst
look at all the real life and big brother type shows, if we weren't interested in other peoples problems, such examples of tv wouldn't exist
the only reason people are still interested in the fateful night of April 14th 1912 is that the so called unsinkable titanic, not only sunk.
but also had too few lifeboats to accommodate all the people on board, so more than half the passengers, lost there lives to the negliegence of the engineers
it's basically on problem after another hense it's appeal