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To: IrishBrigade

That wasn’t negligence. Any moron with the ability to throw and catch a football knew that it was not safe to be on a 50 foot lift in those winds. But nothing was more important than “the program”. That was a knowing, intentional act that showed depraved indifference to human life. But “the program” is faultless and cannot be wrong by definition.

“negligence” would have required a reasonable person to say, “aww, that’s just a gentle breeze. There’s no risk whatsoever”. That’s not what happened. The worker raised the alarm and was told to get his ass up in the air or find another gig. Because NOTHING is more important than “the program”. Certainly not a human life. And we got the body to prove it.


93 posted on 12/06/2013 6:01:51 AM PST by VideoPaul
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To: VideoPaul

That’s not what happened. The worker raised the alarm and was told to get his ass up in the air or find another gig. Because NOTHING is more important than “the program”. Certainly not a human life. And we got the body to prove it.

...i shall put this to you as charitably as I can...you, sir, have no idea what you’re talking about...and for your own sake, so that perhaps you might spout no more slander on this painful topic, I shall attempt to enlighten you, futile as that prospect may be...

...Declan was not forced by the ‘football program’ to go into the lift that day, nor was any ultimatum between ‘living’ or ‘losing your gig’ issued...you’ve fabricated that out of wholecloth...we can all say that everybody concerned, Declan, his boss the video director, the coaches, the players, the university, should have known the danger the wind presented, and we might be correct in that...but to fit the narrative you’ve chosen to present, the ‘football’ program, and all involved, would have to have shown malicious intent, and have had reason to believe the wind would collapse the crane, with Declan’s death the likely result...a narrative you obviously have no reason to suspect...

...Declan’s family has spoken at great, gut wrenching length about this...and has adopted none of the scurrilous tripe with which you have stained this forum...his own father has maintained, through his most heart felt grief, has pointed no finger in the assignment of blame, that he feels the situation was a tragic accident, that he does not seek forgiveness, because in order to do so, he would have to hold somebody to blame...again, for your own sake, please read the Sullivan family’s own narrative, that you may attain some measure of sanity, and perhaps some notion of the intense pain this has caused...

...for any sane person, reading both the Sullivan’s account and yours, would certainly choose the truth of the bereaved family over the demented ramblings you’ve subjected us to...
and even though I suspect you’ll respond by sticking to your own lunacy about this, I can always hope that you may be moved enough to dispense with your arrogance...


94 posted on 12/06/2013 7:52:05 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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