Originally Posted By: qwerty1234
Shannow, wading in ankle deep water as a 2year child on vacation should not result in death. Some of you people are sick.
Not quite sure what you are targetting me here for or with, but as to the last point you make, the feeling is quite mutual.
I have never said that the kid deserved to die...not once.
First point, a 2 year old going on vacation WITH THEIR PARENTS should not result in death...absolutely...
Now as to the wading in water...as parents, YOU are responsible for the safety of your offspring when on vacation. You have your family in unfamiliar surroundings, YOU have an obligation to be aware of where you are taking them, and what the hazards are.
There are plenty of places I'd let my kids wade...probably not in a spot where the sign says no swimming, but here in Oz we have signposted crocodile spots, signposted areas of box jellyfish, and people still ignore the signs and go "wading"...go wading in a rock pool, and there's blue ringed octopus, all sorts of stuff that as a parent I have to be aware of and protect MY kids.
When they are on holidays, I have to be aware of exactly which 2 feet deep body of water they are wading in.
As I've mentioned previously, there were no signs about the potential for drowning...in Florida, 70 kids died through drowning in 2013...and as I also mentioned, it can happen in a couple of inches of water.
http://heavy.com/news/2016/06/alligator-took-boy-floridian-disney-resort-orlando-florida/
Quote:
Sheriff Demings said there are “No Swimming” signs posted at the lagoon. The child was the only person in the water at the time of the attack.
“This is Florida and it’s not uncommon for alligators to be in bodies of water,” he said in the news conference.
And also mentions that the parents ENTERED the water when the kid was taken. Not as has been posited in the water holding hands.
Clearly, the parents had left their kid AT RISK, of any number of potential injuries and lethalities, when something extremely uncommon (16 fatal attacks since 1997 sound "common", or "expected"), and tragic happened...would a sign with an alligator have stopped them ?
Shannow, wading in ankle deep water as a 2year child on vacation should not result in death. Some of you people are sick.
Not quite sure what you are targetting me here for or with, but as to the last point you make, the feeling is quite mutual.
I have never said that the kid deserved to die...not once.
First point, a 2 year old going on vacation WITH THEIR PARENTS should not result in death...absolutely...
Now as to the wading in water...as parents, YOU are responsible for the safety of your offspring when on vacation. You have your family in unfamiliar surroundings, YOU have an obligation to be aware of where you are taking them, and what the hazards are.
There are plenty of places I'd let my kids wade...probably not in a spot where the sign says no swimming, but here in Oz we have signposted crocodile spots, signposted areas of box jellyfish, and people still ignore the signs and go "wading"...go wading in a rock pool, and there's blue ringed octopus, all sorts of stuff that as a parent I have to be aware of and protect MY kids.
When they are on holidays, I have to be aware of exactly which 2 feet deep body of water they are wading in.
As I've mentioned previously, there were no signs about the potential for drowning...in Florida, 70 kids died through drowning in 2013...and as I also mentioned, it can happen in a couple of inches of water.
http://heavy.com/news/2016/06/alligator-took-boy-floridian-disney-resort-orlando-florida/
Quote:
Sheriff Demings said there are “No Swimming” signs posted at the lagoon. The child was the only person in the water at the time of the attack.
“This is Florida and it’s not uncommon for alligators to be in bodies of water,” he said in the news conference.
And also mentions that the parents ENTERED the water when the kid was taken. Not as has been posited in the water holding hands.
Clearly, the parents had left their kid AT RISK, of any number of potential injuries and lethalities, when something extremely uncommon (16 fatal attacks since 1997 sound "common", or "expected"), and tragic happened...would a sign with an alligator have stopped them ?