Teen Loses Feet In Six Flags Accident

[Schneed10]

OK, are we all clear to start the puns now?

I hope that whatever settlement she gets out of this really gives her a leg up on life.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

OK, are we all clear to start the puns now?

I hope that whatever settlement she gets out of this really gives her a leg up on life.

Ban this man. I think this is one where we never start with the puns. Puns are reserved fro someone who does something stupid and gets injured.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Ban this man. I think this is one where we never start with the puns. Puns are reserved fro someone who does something stupid and gets injured.

Agreed. It would be one thing if this had happened to some dumb adult who did some dumb stunt but it's not. A young woman had her life horribly altered in the blink of an eye. She and her family, through no fault of their own, are now faced with overcoming an unforseen and crippling disability. Hopefully, they will be up to the challenge.

Although I oppose banning of thought for any number of reasons, I do think a little more personal restraint would be appropriate. Before you pun, please put yourself in this young woman's or her family's position. There, but for the grace of god, go you or I.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the young woman and her family.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Agreed. It would be one thing if this had happened to some dumb adult who did some dumb stunt but it's not. A young woman had her life horribly altered in the blink of an eye. She and her family, through no fault of their own, are now faced with overcoming an unforseen and crippling disability. Hopefully, they will be up to the challenge.

Although I oppose banning of thought for any number of reasons, I do think a little more personal restraint would be appropriate. Before you pun, please put yourself in this young woman's or her family's position. There, but for the grace of god, go you or I.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the young woman and her family.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Karma, friend Schneed, is a truly interesting concept.

If a disfiguring accident occurred to one of your little ones, would you be so quick to pun? Or very tolerant of those who made jokes at your child's expense?

But, hey, it's not your kid - why should you care.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Karma, friend Schneed, is a truly interesting concept.

If a disfiguring accident occurred to one of your little ones, would you be so quick to pun? Or very tolerant of those who made jokes at your child's expense?

But, hey, it's not your kid - why should you care.

1) I don't believe in karma.

2) Yes I'd be very upset if it happened to my daughter.

3) This is the perfect example of people taking a joke too seriously. Just because I make a pun, does that necessarily make it a fact that I'm not sad for the victim?

4) Sometimes the Warpath just needs a good kick in the ass.

5) If there's one lesson to be learned here? Keep your head out of the clouds and your feet on the ground!

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

1) I don't believe in karma.

2) Yes I'd be very upset if it happened to my daughter.

3) This is the perfect example of people taking a joke too seriously. Just because I make a pun, does that necessarily make it a fact that I'm not sad for the victim?

4) Sometimes the Warpath just needs a good kick in the ass.

5) If there's one lesson to be learned here? Keep your head out of the clouds and your feet on the ground!

1) Fair enough - How about do unto others as you would have them do unto you?

2) So would I.

3) I did not take the joke too serioiusly - Rather, I thought it inappropriate. Big difference. Given your past posts and our past discussions, I assumed that you actually did feel bad for the young woman and her family. In part, b/c (I believe) I am familiar with your general feelings on "doing the right thing", I was particularly surprised by the posts.

4) Agreed, and as I said, there is plenty out there to kick in the ass and about which to laugh. Unforseen and unearned personal tragedies, however, strike me as not the appropriate subject for such a purpose. As I said, I believe laughter at others true misfortune is simply cruel and cruelty, under any circumstances is wrong and should be avoided.

5) Sigh.

Also, you never answered my question: What would your response be to those who make light of your child's disfiguring accident? At best, you might pass it off as strangers being jerks. In which case, how's it feel to be a jerk?

As for the comment that it is unlikely that this girl or her family would ever read the comment and, therefore, humor at her expense is fine, two thoughts:

1. It's the internet - who the hell knows who is reading this site. Maybe her family or friends are Skins fans and are regular posters here. It's possible. A simple internet rule is that you should asssume that your public posts WILL be read by the subject of your post.

2. Would it change your attitude if, after posting a pun, the search engine showed a thread title "Please Pray For My Neice" and it was about this young woman? If so, why? Is okay to be callous towards those we don't know?

Finally, there probably does come a time when it is appropriate to joke about tragedy - but (generally) that time frame is for the subject of the tragedy to determine. My quadrapalegic cousin and I used to joke about how she made a great second base woman. SBF has consistently shown that he has overcome, accepted and moved past his injury and constantly uses humor to reassure of these facts.

Humor and tragedy have there place. But so do respect and concern.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Ban this man. I think this is one where we never start with the puns. Puns are reserved fro someone who does something stupid and gets injured.

No fun.

In that case, this becomes a thread full of people stating the obvious...

- "Wow, what a shame."
- "Gee, that sucks, I feel bad for her."
- "Wow, there will be a big lawsuit."

Boo!

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

No fun.

In that case, this becomes a thread full of people stating the obvious...

- "Wow, what a shame."
- "Gee, that sucks, I feel bad for her."
- "Wow, there will be a big lawsuit."

Boo!

Sometimes, it ain't about the fun.

If we are mundane in our concern, it only shows that we are not self-centered and uncaring individuals.

There so much in this world to lambast, lampoon and laugh at (Bush and Clinton provide a LIFETIME of fun), that, IMHO, to do so to and at the expense of a young woman's unearned tragedy is unneccesary and cruel.

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

OK, are we all clear to start the puns now?

I hope that whatever settlement she gets out of this really gives her a leg up on life.

.... you really need some help. 800-GET-HELP

[jsarno]

I love those kinds of rides. I am an amusement park fan!
I have never been on one of those with cables, but I have been on the ones that are air powered.

That really sucks for six flags and the child. This is why amusement parks spends millions of dollars on QA people. I wonder who is going to lose their job over this?