Due to the geology, central and southern Mexico (including Mexico City) experience an M4.2 quake (or greater) almost daily. The same is true for California. It's a virtual certainty that one will occur if you're in either area for 48 hours or more. They are not preventable. The precise location and time and magnitude are unforeseeable. They will occur whether humans exist or not.
Due to the topography of North America, the Boston area experiences a dangerous snowstorm nearly every December and/or January and/or February. Same for Minneapolis. It's a virtual certainty that you'll experience one if you're in either area during the meteorological winter. They are not preventable. But, we CAN see such snowstorms coming well in advance (most of the time). They will occur whether humans exist or not
While it's highly likely that another terrorist bombing will occur somewhere very soon (most likely in the Middle East), there is no unalterable geological or topographical "forcing factor" dictating that another terrorist bombing WILL occur - ever - in the Boston area. We CAN sometimes see them coming, and they ARE, to some degree, preventable. They occur ONLY if humans exist.
The comparison between quakes in Mexico and snowtorms in Boston is far more apt than a comparison of quakes and terrorist bombings.
Fair enough, you make some reasonable points and I think your logic is a bit more nuanced and sensible than my statement. I don't disagree with anything in your post.
That said, I still think Belichick's statement was insensitive and offensive, regardless of whether it was intended that way. I don't think Belichick is a bad person, or that this remark was intended to be malicious. That doesn't change the fact that the statement itself was insensitive given the context.
If the coach of a team traveling to the Deep South or Florida made a remark along the lines of, "I'm just glad we didn't have to deal with any hurricanes down here", recently after a hurricane that claimed and destroyed lives, it would be considered insensitive.
Hypothetically, if the coach of a team that traveled to Foxborough said "I'm just glad we didn't get hit by a blizzard" in the aftermath of a deadly blizzard, Patriots fans would be perturbed, and perhaps deeply offended if they were close to someone who lost their life in said hypothetical blizzard.
It's easy for us to sit here and emotionally separate ourselves from Belichick's comments and the Mexican earthquake situation in general, and analyze Belichick's comments in a detached, strictly objective manner. However, if we were personally impacted by that fatal earthquake and suffered as a result, be it a loss of property, loss of loved ones or friends, etc, we would have an entirely different outlook. That's the point of the above hypotheticals.
A little empathy and understanding here will help us view his comments in a different light and understand why some people are rightfully upset. To put it more simply: putting yourself in someone else's shoes goes a long way.
