Compassion is irrelevant.
Nature has no compassion.
A better course is to trumpet this for what it is - an unavoidable consequence for not recognizing the danger of alcohol in winter.
Sound it far and wide.
That might sink in to some people. And not just younger adults.
Not to mature adults.
Ummm, Mr. Edd,
You’re probably posting from a comfortable location in a comfortable house.
I know I’ve knocked it into my kid’s head verbally over and over and over.
Do you have children, especially of the teenage/college years?
Even when it’s 0 outside, it’s hard to get them to take their hat and gloves. We live here. Heck, I shoveled the deck and fed the birds at -10. You get used to it and take a lot of breaks inside.
The local lake is full of icehouses and vehicles.
You are right about nature having no compassion.
I’m all for common sense.
I just remember my teenage years when that was lacking. but for the Grace of God I am still here today with all my digits.
You try your best to instill that respect for the weather when you are a parent.
My kid has to text me when he arrives at his destination.
It’s worked so far. When he’s in college, probably not so much.
No it's not. We can express compassion for the sorry fate of this young woman, while simultaneously acknowledging the stupidity of hers and others actions that night.
A little compassion doesn't cost any of us a single thing. I look at what's happened to her and think back to all of the things I've done that could have put me in a similar or worse condition.
"There, but for the grace of God..."
I have no stones to cast.
>> Compassion is irrelevant.
It’s certainly relevant to the individual thinking it’s being denied.
You know, your right. I have watched wildebeest graving contently next to one of their own kind getting munched by a herd of lions.
I, you, GeronL, we can be like stupid beasts of the field. Graze away, make your belly fat and your coat glossy while you can.
But our differentiation is we have a soul. So we can warn others and mourn others.