Originally Posted by NCASAUmp (Post 606709)

Where were the parents?

Originally Posted by Dholloway1962 (Post 606730)

They were standing "nearby" watching them play catch in the lightning according to the article. They should be up for child neglect charges! Horrible, just horrible.

Originally Posted by wadeintothem (Post 606734)

Lord knows we could always use a new law and a new Obamagency or two to enforce it. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 606732)

Maybe indictments should be issued for God and/or Mother Nature for allowing such an activity like lightning occur near a child's play area. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Dholloway1962 (Post 606740)

Being in law enforcement for 25 years, and having worked child neglect/abuse cases for about 8 of those years, this is without a doubt criminal neglect.

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue (Post 606776)

Can we have criminal neglect for a "Force Majeure"?
I mean, even tho the umpire cleared the field. he is not a "weather expert" nor were the parents that allowed the kids to continue to play catch.
The parents lost a child... lets throw them in jail too.

Originally Posted by wadeintothem (Post 606734)

Lord knows we could always use a new law and a new Obamagency or two to enforce it. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Skahtboi (Post 606790)

You mean like all those new and useless agencies such as "The Department of Homeland Security" that have cropped up over the last decade or so??? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Dakota (Post 606817)

Well, since we've dived OT again, given the seizure of private property and the awarding of assets to political allies, is anyone surprised at the relaxing of relations with Cuba? Crimonitly, O has so much in common with Chávez, Mugabe, and Castro that they should form a voting bloc in the UN. After the GM nationalization and the vacating of the bankruptcy laws to favor cronies, no Dem can ever again use the phrase "rule of law" with any integrity. Without property rights, none of the other liberties matter.

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 606732)

Maybe indictments should be issued for God and/or Mother Nature for allowing such an activity like lightning occur near a child's play area. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by dtwsd (Post 606819)

Originally Posted by Dholloway1962
They were standing "nearby" watching them play catch in the lightning according to the article. They should be up for child neglect charges! Horrible, just horrible.




So you want to blame God because lightning struck in a area where kids shouldn't have been in the first place?

The parents allowed these kids to play where they were at risk of being struck by lightning. God had nothing to do with that. The only reason that it struck in a "child's play area" that day is because children were playing there when lightning struck. The parents didn't take them home when they should have.

If the parents would have taken them home instead of letting them play in a lightning storm then there would be no need to be concerned about where lightning struck.