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Hurricane wave sweeps Maine spectators out to sea - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/tropical_weather - broken link)
This story deals with a bunch of people in Maine who, when hurricane Bill was pounding their coastline with dangerous surf, thought it would be fun to go down to the seashore and stand right next to where the waves were breaking. Predictably, five people were swept out to sea, of whom three died. In Florida, another guy was killed in the heavy surf when he decided to bodysurf in the hurricane's dangerous currents. You heard right. Bodysurf.
Now, let you think I'm heartless, I feel very sorry for the 7-year-old girl who was basically killed by her parents when they dragged her into harm's way. But why is it that when fools court death, then get killed as a result, the media invariably calls it a tragedy?
To me, a tornado killing people hiding in their basement is a tragedy. An airline crash that kills passengers is a tragedy. An earthquake is a tragedy. But why is it, when people essentially die after putting themselves into very dangerous situations, is it a tragedy?
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Hurricane wave sweeps Maine spectators out to sea - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/tropical_weather - broken link)
This story deals with a bunch of people in Maine who, when hurricane Bill was pounding their coastline with dangerous surf, thought it would be fun to go down to the seashore and stand right next to where the waves were breaking. Predictably, five people were swept out to sea, of whom three died. In Florida, another guy was killed in the heavy surf when he decided to bodysurf in the hurricane's dangerous currents. You heard right. Bodysurf.
Now, let you think I'm heartless, I feel very sorry for the 7-year-old girl who was basically killed by her parents when they dragged her into harm's way. But why is it that when fools court death, then get killed as a result, the media invariably calls it a tragedy?
To me, a tornado killing people hiding in their basement is a tragedy. An airline crash that kills passengers is a tragedy. An earthquake is a tragedy. But why is it, when people essentially die after putting themselves into very dangerous situations, is it a tragedy?
I agree, from falling off El Capitan to going hiking in the Superstitions in the 117 degree heat, it's a parade of morons. The only thing that bothers me is that we waste effdort to rescue them so they can repeat their stupidity
I agree, from falling off El Capitan to going hiking in the Superstitions in the 117 degree heat, it's a parade of morons. The only thing that bothers me is that we waste effdort to rescue them so they can repeat their stupidity
To me, the only true victims in these situations are children who get hauled along on these fatal escapades. What the heck were these people thinking?
Someone give the adults a Darwin award!
I guess it's a tragedy because the children were dragged out with these idiot adults and lost their lives because of the stupidity of their "parents."
It's a tragedy for SOMEBODY when ANYBODY gets killed, idiots or not....
LOLOLOL some anonymous person gave me a rep for the above post, check out the spelling and tell me who the real loser is LOL!
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well i think its not a tragedy. Bleeding liby losers like you think everythins[sic] sad. boohoo loser. im[sic] glad the morans[sic] are dead. thin out the stupit[sic] people and get rids of the libys. i hope they all get swept in the ochean[sic]!
LOLOLOL some anonymous person gave me a rep for the above post, check out the spelling and tell me who the real loser is LOL!
What a SUNNY DAY we had today. It was almost 90 outside.
Just a guess.
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