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Old Thu Jun 04, 2009, 03:53pm
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Such a shame

Came across this article a little bit ago. The umpire had instructed everyone to clear the field, but the kids stayed behind to play catch.

Where were the coaches? Where were the parents?
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Old Thu Jun 04, 2009, 07:23pm
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Where were the parents?
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.
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Old Thu Jun 04, 2009, 08:06pm
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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.
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.
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Old Thu Jun 04, 2009, 08:19pm
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Lord knows we could always use a new law and a new Obamagency or two to enforce it.
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Old Thu Jun 04, 2009, 08:32pm
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Old Thu Jun 04, 2009, 08:55pm
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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.
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.
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Old Thu Jun 04, 2009, 09:06pm
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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.
Yeah, gotta have someone to blame.
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Old Fri Jun 05, 2009, 07:39am
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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.
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Old Fri Jun 05, 2009, 07:57am
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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.
I think in this case, prosecuting the parents would just be cruel. They've already lost a son, and no jail time in the world will bring him back or change the pain they feel.
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Old Fri Jun 05, 2009, 08:26am
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Lord knows we could always use a new law and a new Obamagency or two to enforce it.

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???
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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???
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.
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Old Fri Jun 05, 2009, 10:43am
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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.
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Old Fri Jun 05, 2009, 10:45am
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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.


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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.
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.
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Old Fri Jun 05, 2009, 10:56am
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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.
maybe if they stayed home and never have left in the first place.... hrmmm.
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Old Fri Jun 05, 2009, 11:00am
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It is a legal definition matter as to whether CRIMINAL neglect was committed, but even if this passes the legal definition, I can't imagine any prosecutor actually filing charges.

Clearly, simple neglect was involved (as well as simple foolishness).
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