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Actually the Land of Enchantment is New Mexico, which is one state over.
That is when you stand up and say let me off. You don't sit there and take the word of some grunt working a minimum wage job.
A couple of years ago several people were injured and killed at a state fair concert in the midwest. The sky was turning black, the wind was picking up, but people stood around and waited for a band that wasn't going to perform.
Well the scaffolding and the stage started falling apart and came down on the crowd. One woman later commented "no one told us to leave".
Do people need to be told what to do these days? Can't think for themselves? If something seems off to you or a situation seems unsafe, you remove yourself from that situation when it is possible.
That was at the indiana state fair. I was at the fair earlier that day and as we watched the workers bring the scaffolding into the arena mentioned that would be a cool show to see. We did not go but i was outside a mear 2 miles from the fair when the accident happened (working) and i was very scarred with how fast the weather changed. They had maybe 5 minutes to evacuate. Not making excuses for the fair since they knew a front was coming and there were solid buildings they could have sent people to less than 200 ft from the coliseum. But it did happen very fast.
Actually the Land of Enchantment is New Mexico, which is one state over.
That is when you stand up and say let me off. You don't sit there and take the word of some grunt working a minimum wage job.
A couple of years ago several people were injured and killed at a state fair concert in the midwest. The sky was turning black, the wind was picking up, but people stood around and waited for a band that wasn't going to perform.
Well the scaffolding and the stage started falling apart and came down on the crowd. One woman later commented
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"no one told us to leave".
Do people need to be told what to do these days? Can't think for themselves? If something seems off to you or a situation seems unsafe, you remove yourself from that situation when it is possible.
Exactly, this is what happens when you have a nanny state, people become so dependent on the government for everything, they do not learn self sufficiency and become zombies wandering aimlessly, waiting for big brother to tell them what their next move should be.
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I guess we could be a Democrat and have wished the lady was pregnant, thus not only killing herself, but aborting her child without costing the taxpayer a dime..
Or we could be a Democrat deploring the asinine, inane, baseless statements made by the self-Righteous.
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Leftists sure are stupid if they think this was a 'lack of regulation' problem.
Kinda like the Texas fertilizer plant explosion where it was found:
"that the ammonium nitrate was stored in combustible wooden bins, inside a warehouse that was also combustible and lacked fire-resistant partitions or a sprinkler system"
From a CSB report, which is an independent federal agency that investigates major chemical accidents and develops safety recommendations to prevent their recurrence
Conservatives: Redefining stupid while growing the parts of government that suit their agenda.
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Just out of curiosity...
In 1984 there was a lady killed on a coaster at Six-Flags Great America (St. Louis). Basically sounds about the same. The reason I remember it so vividly was we were in the que to get on the ride (stand up coaster) literally on the platform ready to go when they shut it down. I can't find anything where they ever figured out what happened, but thinking that this might be a place to start looking for similarities.
The fact is there are less than a handful of roller coastal deaths a year in the US and you can never eliminate human error which is the cause of the great majority of accidents. Can someone point out to me the difference in roller coastal regulations in Texas versus, for an example, NJ that contributed to this death? What new regulation do you want?
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The fact is there are less than a handful of roller coastal deaths a year in the US and you can never eliminate human error which is the cause of the great majority of accidents. Can someone point out to me the difference in roller coastal regulations in Texas versus, for an example, NJ that contributed to this death? What new regulation do you want?
Or, alternatively, find out what happened before whining about either not enough regulations or too many?
It appears the land of enchantment, where businesses can run free with zero government oversight, is having a negative effect on the people who live there.
Really?
NO regulation?
NO inspections?
LOL....the lengths people will go to support their unsubstantiated beliefs.
Unless things have changed since 2004 we have about 4 deaths a year in the whole USA, more than half of which are cardiac related and about 1 a year from falls, due to roller coastal rides. I really don't see much need for more regulations. I also did not recognize a blue state/ red state difference in the fatality statistics.
Let us all send our prayers to the Esparza family.
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