[SoothingDave]

I never cheer when someone dies - but you sound like a liberal who claims when someone makes horrible life choices they shouldn't be responsible for their own actions.

No, I merely think that we shouldn't celebrate the death of others.

Or use it as an occasion to remind ourselves how much better we are.

[hobbes1]

Well said Dave.

[xsmommy]

and is my attitude one that i am better and this couldn’t happen to me or my child? not remotely. if it happened to me, i would certainly do everything in my power to get my child out of whatever risky behavior they were engaged in and were i unsuccessful and a bad result happened, i would understand perfectly someone else having the same attitude that i do.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Are you suggesting that when someone isn’t shocked or overly saddened by an illegal and stupid choice a drug user makes which results in their death that is is because we think we are better than them? Are you proud of your choice to get a degree over someone who stands around in a ghetto who did not? You both had a free public education (unless you went to Catholic School but you get where I’m going with this) - you both had the choice to work hard to get through college but they chose not to do the work, you did. So your choice provides you with the finances to support your family - and probably his also. But your choice was a good one and you should be happy you didn’t make his choice, right? So how is that so different from someone saying “I’m glad my child didn’t choose to take drugs and end up overdosing”?