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two year old boy mauled to death at Pgh zoo..
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two year old boy mauled to death at Pgh zoo..
"I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."Tags: None
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Originally posted by Mithrandir View Post
Re: recovering, i can't imagine that a parent could.It certainly feels that way. But I'm distrustful of that feeling and am curious about evidence.
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I told my daughter rather forcefully that this is why you never get to stand on a railing!"I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
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Originally posted by joncarlos View PostSuch a horrible tragedy. The dogs are my daughter's favorite exhibit. We have seen them so many times.
I don't understand how the mom (or anyone else) didn't jump down there to help the kid. If that was my kid, I'd be dead before she was.
I don't know the particulars of this incident because there's no real clear account of what happened, but one thing is clear--Once the kid was in the exhibit-the parent froze. I can't imagine having to live with that kind of guilt for the rest of my life.
Sad, very sad.If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Oddly enough, did you catch the names? The Mom's is Laurie... the kid's? Yep, Carl."There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed. I say this in order to impress upon you, if you are not already so impressed, that no small matter should divert us from our great purpose. "
Abraham Lincoln, from his Address to the Ohio One Hundred Sixty Fourth Volunteer Infantry
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Originally posted by eldiablo505I hate it when tragedy strikes and people immediately blame the victim(s).
it's her fault.If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Originally posted by joncarlos View PostSuch a horrible tragedy. The dogs are my daughter's favorite exhibit. We have seen them so many times.
I don't understand how the mom (or anyone else) didn't jump down there to help the kid. If that was my kid, I'd be dead before she was."You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper
"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski
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Sorry, ElD, but the man is right. My kid goes in, I'm going in before he hits the ground. Something is very, very fu*cked up here."There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed. I say this in order to impress upon you, if you are not already so impressed, that no small matter should divert us from our great purpose. "
Abraham Lincoln, from his Address to the Ohio One Hundred Sixty Fourth Volunteer Infantry
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Originally posted by Bob Kohm View PostSorry, ElD, but the man is right. My kid goes in, I'm going in before he hits the ground. Something is very, very fu*cked up here.
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Originally posted by virgonomic View PostWe are all men.
[/debate]"There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed. I say this in order to impress upon you, if you are not already so impressed, that no small matter should divert us from our great purpose. "
Abraham Lincoln, from his Address to the Ohio One Hundred Sixty Fourth Volunteer Infantry
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Originally posted by Bob Kohm View PostSorry, ElD, but the man is right. My kid goes in, I'm going in before he hits the ground. Something is very, very fu*cked up here.
I'm not saying that mama could have done anything to save the kid. I'm not sure a 2-year old who survives gets over seeing mama/dada torn apart by dogs either. But at least they have a chance to try, and that's job #1 for me. So yes I would have gone over the rail, but I don't assume there's more behind this than just panic.
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