Hmm... how about I explain it this way? Of course, if there's an earthquake, you rebuild. But the first building is still gone.
Let's say there's an earthquake, and you have the power to save one of two buildings, but ONLY one. No 'oh, I'll just do my best to save both!' or anything like that. They're on opposite sides of the city, and you can only save one. They're both full of the same amount of people, and you know the one you don't save if going to be leveled to the ground with everyone inside.
You can send people to try and help out the people in the other building, of course, but it's impossible to say if you can save them all. No matter which you choose, one of them is going to fall, and someone's going to die. You can't simply reject the fact that that's going to happy. Or-- you could, but then you'll be denying the death of a loved one of someone who's friends or family are in the other people.
That doesn't mean you shouldn't try. And maybe people helping you can still save most of the people in the other building, but the building is still gone. It can contain someone's home, or their livelihood. Something is still lost.
Of course, it's obviously better to sacrifice one building than to not save either of them at all. You see what I mean?
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Let's say there's an earthquake, and you have the power to save one of two buildings, but ONLY one. No 'oh, I'll just do my best to save both!' or anything like that. They're on opposite sides of the city, and you can only save one. They're both full of the same amount of people, and you know the one you don't save if going to be leveled to the ground with everyone inside.
You can send people to try and help out the people in the other building, of course, but it's impossible to say if you can save them all. No matter which you choose, one of them is going to fall, and someone's going to die. You can't simply reject the fact that that's going to happy. Or-- you could, but then you'll be denying the death of a loved one of someone who's friends or family are in the other people.
That doesn't mean you shouldn't try. And maybe people helping you can still save most of the people in the other building, but the building is still gone. It can contain someone's home, or their livelihood. Something is still lost.
Of course, it's obviously better to sacrifice one building than to not save either of them at all. You see what I mean?