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To: frogjerk
"THEY ARE SCREWED!"

Really? Maybe if ALL the contestants died, sure. Then we can say that such an activity is dangerous. But one person? Out of how many?

Was she the winner? If not, then others drank more than she did! And they didn't die, did they?

How is the radio station supposed to be at fault? Personal responsibility, people.

35 posted on 01/18/2007 11:51:33 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen

The interesting thing is that she did stop drinking and still died.


37 posted on 01/18/2007 11:57:02 AM PST by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: robertpaulsen

How is the radio station supposed to be at fault? Personal responsibility, people.



Personal responsibility is a thing of the past.


38 posted on 01/18/2007 11:59:01 AM PST by John D
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To: robertpaulsen
Personal responsibility, people.

And where is this "personal responsibility" you speak of on the part of the DJs at the radio station? Are they not required to have any for the purpose of ratings?

39 posted on 01/18/2007 11:59:46 AM PST by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: robertpaulsen

The radio station put her up to it.

The really difficult part about this is that most people don't know that drinking too much water can be fatal. Everyone thinks it's harmless fun, where the worst that can happen is that you might wet yourself.

So it's difficult to think of an analogy, because most things that are dangerous are fairly obviously dangerous. But let's say I run one of those NASCAR rides at the race track where you get into the car and it jostles around and shows moving pictures of the track like you're sitting in the driver's seat of a NASCAR race car. Doesn't SEEM dangerous--thousands of people do it all the time, but it can cause seizures in some people. If you're running that ride and you don't warn me that it can cause seizures, you're going to be on the hook for damages that I might suffer if I have a seizure. It's just the cost of doing business--when people get hurt, you pay.

I would say the same thing applies here. Just because she did this voluntarily doesn't let the radio station off the hook. It's still their stunt.


45 posted on 01/18/2007 12:17:06 PM PST by Publius Valerius
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To: robertpaulsen

They didn't provide medical screening or care to verify if the contestant were ok.

The DJs knew it was dangerous and someone could die. They had no medical personnel available to give a medical opinion. This is where I think the station will lose its civil court case.


46 posted on 01/18/2007 12:22:21 PM PST by art_rocks
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To: robertpaulsen
Really? Maybe if ALL the contestants died, sure. Then we can say that such an activity is dangerous. But one person? Out of how many?

Really? Maybe if ALL the contestants died, sure. Then we can say that Russian Roulette with a snubnose revolver is dangerous. But one person? Out of how many? Six?

Hyponatremia can kill and that is not a medical fact open to debate any more than the fact that playing Russian Roulette can kill even if five times out of six it won't.

Severe hyponatremia (sodium concentrations below 120 mmol/L) can result in a rapid influx of water into the brain, causing the brain to swell and to then set off a chain of serious neurological responses that can ultimately end in death via a rupture of the brainstem. Keep in mind that fatal hyponatremia is rare in athletes; however, because it can be a very serious and dangerous condition it's important to be aware of the causes, symptoms and precautions of water intoxication.

74 posted on 01/18/2007 1:16:54 PM PST by Polybius
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To: robertpaulsen
Was she the winner? If not, then others drank more than she did! And they didn't die, did they?

Extremely simple high school chemistry question:

You have a certain concentration of sodium in a 110 pound volume of saline fluid (a certain human body) and the same concentration of sodium in a 170 pound volume of saline fluid (another human body). You then add two gallons of free water to the first container and two gallons and five ounces of free water to the second container.

Which container will end up with the most diluted sodium concentration?

76 posted on 01/18/2007 1:30:19 PM PST by Polybius
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To: robertpaulsen

--Really? Maybe if ALL the contestants died, sure. Then we can say that such an activity is dangerous. But one person? Out of how many?--

Would be it to be your kid that died and you would post this?


83 posted on 01/18/2007 2:00:31 PM PST by UpAllNight
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To: robertpaulsen
Really? Maybe if ALL the contestants died, sure. Then we can say that such an activity is dangerous. But one person?

Nonsense. Everyone doesn't have to become a victim in order for something to be prosecutable.

102 posted on 01/18/2007 5:49:45 PM PST by NittanyLion
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