OT..Re: [at-l] Gun story/MachineGuns

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

There is a bit of difference. I expect very little good from a drunkard 
behind the wheel of a car. The girl was killed operating 600 pounds of 
hazardous equipment. She was 13 years old. I have trouble justifying a 
death from an accident involving by a child. This indicates negligence (at 
least in my mind) of those supervising or permitting a child to engage in 
such an activity.

Perhaps her parents signed a permission form, just as parents can sign 
permission for children to operate jetskis or bungi jump. Heck, parents can 
purchase and provide fireworks for children. But parental negligence that 
kills their children is an evil that should not be rationalized - even if 
it was simply a father shooting at a noise he hoped would be a deer.

At 10:08 AM 12/20/2001 -0500, kahley wrote:
>Of course her death is awful, but in my mind no more
>awful than if she'd died at the hands of a speeder or a
>drunk driver.  If you choose to make the activity she was
>involved in the issue, then I say we ban jetskis and snow
>mobiling and ATVing the instant a child dies while involved
>in any of these activities.