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Boy decapitated by roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/06/28/six_flags_death.html ^

Posted on 06/28/2008 7:33:17 PM PDT by kcvl

A 17-year-old South Carolina boy on an church outing was killed Saturday when he was struck by the popular "Batman the Ride" at Six Flags Over Georgia. It was the second Batman ride-related death at the Cobb County park.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: accident; danger; darwinaward; fencejumper; getoutoftheredummy; prayerneeded; rollercoaster; shortcutofdeath; sixflags; stop; themepark; tragedy; youmightbekilled
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To: Lijahsbubbe
Unless, of course, they're psychos.

Except those posters who are perfect. We are fortunate that they grace us with their presence.

;-)

61 posted on 06/28/2008 9:06:49 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

“People just don’t think anymore.”

There have been idiots around for centuries. In the past, we just called them idiots.


62 posted on 06/28/2008 9:07:40 PM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: rbmillerjr
“look at me I’m different.”

yawn

If applying common sense to a situation where none existed before makes me different, then I guess I am different.

63 posted on 06/28/2008 9:11:27 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Arkansas Toothpick
You should have sympathy because paying for trespassing at an amusement park is a steep penalty. You should have sympathy because he has a deeply grieving family that has lost a beloved son in a tragic, awful accident. You should have sympathy because leaders of that church will probably second guess themselves for the rest of their lives about their supervision, despite the fact that they did nothing wrong. You should have sympathy because we all walk this earth together, my friend, and face its cruelties on a daily basis. Lastly, you should have sympathy because when your time comes, do you want to know that people thought of you with warmth and with affection, or that they laughed at your demise?

Sorry, I will not react in the typical "poor wittle boy" was killed manner so prevalent here. He was SEVENTEEN and tresspassing in a roller coaster operating area. This was foreseeable and avoidable where he is concerned. I do feel sympathy for the leaders of the church that will second guess their supervision practices. But as you said, they did nothing wrong. The young MAN (not boy as the title calls him) is totally responsible for this incident.

64 posted on 06/28/2008 9:11:31 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: eyedigress
Bad decisions are made all the time. No sympathy for the family of a decapitated son at a Church outing eh? What great class and human spirit you must possess.

This was not a 'bad' decision. It was a stupid decision that cost him his life. I am glad that no one else was physically injured by this guys 'bad' decision. That would have been a true tragedy. Unlike you, I will not comment on your class or lack thereof.

65 posted on 06/28/2008 9:11:38 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: paul51
I imagine when you were 17 you never did anything stupid that could have resulted in a tragedy for your family or others. Too bad the rest of the world isn't as perfect as you /sarc

When I was 17, or any age before or after for that matter, I never made a decision that caused my head to be removed from my body. Whether that makes me smarter, luckier, more cautious or blessed, I will take it.

66 posted on 06/28/2008 9:11:43 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Marie2
I think we should be sympathetic because we have all done profoundly stupid things in our lifetimes, and outside the grace of God we would be just as dead. Also, these are teen boys, the most notorious dumb-thing-doers.

I would feel sympathetic if someone was killed due to actions beyond their control. If the roller coaster came flying off the tracks and landed on this young man, I would feel completely different. I cannot, however, feel sympathy for ignorance, fatal or not.

67 posted on 06/28/2008 9:11:48 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: kcvl

RIP.


68 posted on 06/28/2008 9:12:32 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: LADYAK

Prayers for your son and for you and your family.


69 posted on 06/28/2008 9:13:04 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: BigCinBigD
At the same time actions have consequences.

Amen

70 posted on 06/28/2008 9:13:20 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: LADYAK

My condolences Ma’am. I spent the first half of my life in and on the sea.


71 posted on 06/28/2008 9:13:37 PM PDT by ExpatGator (Extending logic since 1961.)
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To: LADYAK

I am praying for your family.


72 posted on 06/28/2008 9:21:18 PM PDT by Grammy (Maxine Waters wants to....sociali.... er ....nationali....er... take over the oil industry.)
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To: ConservaTexan

But have you never been ignorant?

Has no one you loved ever been ignorant?

Is sympathy only for the perfect?


73 posted on 06/28/2008 9:22:09 PM PDT by Marie2 (It's time for a ban on handgun bans)
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To: ConservaTexan
I cannot, however, feel sympathy for ignorance, fatal or not

Yes. You made that very clear several times now. We got it already

74 posted on 06/28/2008 9:23:23 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: BigCinBigD
I agree. And I can say with all confidence that I never ignored multiple warning signs as I climbed two security gates to enter into a restricted area. And I even went to public schools!

Some heads are gonna roll over this case.

75 posted on 06/28/2008 9:28:22 PM PDT by TNdandelion (It's Buh-rack Uh-bama for uh hope and uh change.)
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To: BigCinBigD
I agree. And I can say with all confidence that I never ignored multiple warning signs as I climbed two security gates to enter into a restricted area. And I even went to public schools!

Some heads are gonna roll over this case.

76 posted on 06/28/2008 9:28:27 PM PDT by TNdandelion (It's Buh-rack Uh-bama for uh hope and uh change.)
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To: ConservaTexan

I’m making up little certificates for all those who were “Good Carers” today.


77 posted on 06/28/2008 9:33:02 PM PDT by TNdandelion (It's Buh-rack Uh-bama for uh hope and uh change.)
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To: TNdandelion

Send mine to the boy’s Mother and Father.


78 posted on 06/28/2008 9:35:36 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: LADYAK

We will pray for your son


79 posted on 06/28/2008 9:37:26 PM PDT by McBuff
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To: LADYAK

OMG ....so sorry for your loss.......prayers for you and all......God has some spanin’ to do upstairs, now don’t HE....


80 posted on 06/28/2008 9:40:06 PM PDT by cherry
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