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Though I was on a conservative site, but looks like nothing but liberals posting on this topic so far.

No one MADE her drink water. Personal responsibility is just so 20th century, I guess. She was an adult, who made a decision that cost her life. And some here blame the radio station.

Freaking lawyers WILL be the end of this country yet!

No one MADE her drink water. Personal responsibility is just so 20th century, I guess. She was an adult, who made a decision that cost her life. And some here blame the radio station.

Hell yes. They set up a contest and failed to provide minimal safeguards, laughed off the threat to life, and even told these contestants a bunch of BS about how if they did drink too much, their body would just throw it up and then all would be fine. You're not talking about personal responsibility. You're talking about giving people a free pass for negligence and an indifference to other people's safety that borders on criminal.

I too believe in personal responsibilty. But the law does allow for situations that are not so clear; its called contributory negligence. The radio station didn't force the woman to drink exessive water but they did contribute to the situation.

A few years ago an Air Force recruit died during basic training from water intoxication. Because its so hot down in San Antonio, all these kids heard all day was to "drink a lot of water".

This one poor kid did just that, fell ill half-way throught a grueling day out in the Texas brush country at Lackland AFB, his temperature soared to about 106 degrees, he passed out, and by the time they got him to the hospital he was dead.

Drinking a lot of water is not something that the average person would associate with a life-threatening consequence like drinking a lot of alcohol.

The idiots who came up with this stunt had the responsibility to conduct it in a safe way, but they obviously didn't know that too much water can kill you either.

Guess what? TOUGH. The buck stops WITH THEM.

First, nothing in the earlier posts was really 'liberal'. On FR that is essentially an ad hominem, and hence fallacious, attack. I think that a conservative position on this issue would be to recognize the cheapening of human life and dignity.

This isn't exactly another McDonnalds/Hot Coffee lawsuit. In the US we have pretty high standards that we set for businesses and corporations. We can reasonably expect that companies actions should not directly lead to loss of life. Many, if not most, people in the US do not understand the risk that drinking too much water entails. If the radio show had asked her to play Russian Roulette that would be another matter.

The radio show hosts clearly understood the dangers of water. They made that clear from their on the air comments. How about their personal responsibility? As for the lawyers, I don't care about the civil suit that will be filed against the station. I would like to see serious criminal charges (manslaughter?) pressed against the jockeys et. al by the district attorney.

If this was a fraternity death I bet everyone would be calling for heads.

-paridel