Freepers always like to blame someone for either risky behavior or negligence or stupidity when tragedy strikes.....and this was tragic no question
And kids can get away for an instant ....despite having June Lockhart as mom
Some posters are so effing perfect apparently....
Every freeper must be beautiful as Achilles or Artemis and smart as Oppenheimer and witty as Mark Steyn and Have the situational awareness of a Commanche.. And they all fart peonies to top off their immaculate perfection......cause they never fcuk up
How about a little simple empathy....bad things happen despite efforts and this is quite a bad one as any parent can attest just fearing it
Hell....it’s about as bad as it gets....
Some posters are so effing perfect apparently....
Every freeper must be beautiful as Achilles or Artemis and smart as Oppenheimer and witty as Mark Steyn and Have the situational awareness of a Commanche.. And they all fart peonies to top off their immaculate perfection......cause they never fcuk up
How about a little simple empathy....bad things happen despite efforts and this is quite a bad one as any parent can attest just fearing it
Hell....its about as bad as it gets....
What it boils down to is proper management of risks. I raised a daughter. I know how a 2-year old can get away. That being said, sitting by the water's edge, in gator-infested Florida, is HIGH risk. Having a 2-year old with you, knowing their ability to get away quickly, is HIGH risk. Going to an event late at night, in such an environment, in the dark, is HIGH risk.
Knowing all those HIGH risks, would I have brought my 2-year old daughter to that event? Hell no!
Good post. I think a lot of kevetching in this thread is whistling past the graveyard.
People like to think of reasons why “This could never happen to me!” It makes them feel better.
To think “There but for the Grace of God. go I.” is profoundly unsettling to people who have not considered it.
It is compounded in this sort of case of intense tragedy and horror.
This is the natural world that people lived in for most of existence, where this sort of horror was a risk each and every day. Maybe some Gaia worshipers will be snapped out of their silly romanticism, but I doubt it.
It is profoundly ironic that this happened at a Disney theme park, which has done so much to romanticise nature.
I don’t think I was even on the thread blaming the parents. I agree with you. Terrible accidents happen in a minute. And tourists from non gator areas will know NOTHING about gators. I knew NOTHING about gators myself and was kind of shocked to learn they were in every golf pond on the course (where my parents moved in SC). When we were sort of close to one once on a walk, the local we were with was explaining how fast they can move even when it looks like they are asleep.
I also didn’t blame the parents in the zoo accident. I’m with you.
Thanks for the ping, (I think) wardaddy. I went ahead and read the first 2 pages of comments to get the flavor. UGH.
The one poster’s, comments (sagar) are so outrageous and cruel it’s regrettable that one is here.
We all laugh about it now, but at the time it was no laughing matter when my youngest slipped away at age 3 years at the San Diego County Fair within 30 minutes after our arrival. I had the entire fair all but shut down, with all entrances/exits manned by security-cops and others were searching bathrooms, buildings, etc. and the loudspeakers were blaring his description and name. Two long hours later I found him sitting with a security guard eating ice cream. Somehow he found his own way to the Security Station after touring the whole damn fair by himself.
Well said!