Teen Loses Feet In Six Flags Accident

[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.