[Old_Mil]

She was a grown woman. As asinine as this contest may have been, it was her decision to participate. If she can't be expected to be responsible for herself, why should these guys be responsible for her?

Do you assume that the contests you participate in might actually kill you? It's not common knowledge that water intoxication is a potentially lethal condition.

[indcons]

Ignorance is not an excuse especially when she continued with this stunt despite being in bad pain. She knew how she felt better than anyone else.

BTW, I saw the "winner" on Larry King yesterday. She indicated that she had fun participating in the contest and might do it again!

These morons deserve pity - for being born with nary a single ounce of grey matter.

[spunkets]

"It's not common knowledge that water intoxication is a potentially lethal condition."

Yes.

" Do you assume that the contests you participate in might actually kill you?"

Yes.

[GovernmentShrinker]

It's not common knowledge that water intoxication is a potentially lethal condition.

Honestly, it is in many circles, and should be in all normally intelligent and literate circles. The case of a little adopted Utah girl being killed by her mother administering "forced water drinking "therapy" on the advice of some quack behavioral therapist was heavily publicized all over the country just a couple of years ago, and more recently major newspapers and sports programs have carried prominent coverage about this as part of coverage of marathons, in which runners have died after following advice to "drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration".

[A knight without armor]

I've heard of radio contests in my city where people have to sit in a car for a long time to win it. I assume they get short bathroom breaks. But even so now we learn that sitting for hours and much less days, can lead to blood clots in the legs. So those contests are dangerous, too. Maybe radio stations should stick to mental games.