You guys feel that it's OK for this 8 year old to die because it's acceptable that the people involved were simply irresponsible and it won't affect you because you're better than that.
I feel that we share a humanitarian obligation to try and prevent a needless death and that such an event could potentially affect me or someone I know.
I guess if we can agree on the dichotomy of these two positions then we can quit here (and I can get back to my end-of-year work).
I can't let this go by...... Nobody is saying it is "okay" for any 8 year old kid to die. Stop trying to make this into something it isn't.
The question is: HOW FAR are you willing to go to try to prevent this type of thing?
The dichotomy is: You and others seem to be all wound up about the source of the death (ie the gun) and not about the personal responsibilty that was overlooked.
IF THE KID FELL OUT OF HIS TREEHOUSE (which would still be tragic and the kid would still be dead), would you be calling for a humanitarian effort to outlaw ladders? What about all the people that like and use their ladders? You get the point?
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. - George Will "It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so" -Ronald Reagan
