teen decapitated at theme park
Jun 28th, 2008 by melinda
**Update: Please read The Power of Language before leaving any angry comments.**
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to an amusement park. When I was a kid, my family and I went to our local amusement park (Worlds of Fun) all the time. We also went to the companion water park (Oceans of Fun) fairly often. But as we’ve grown up, we just don’t go very often.
Reading stories like these make me glad.
Police are reporting that another teenager died at an amusement park. This particular death occured when the victim scaled two fences and entered an unauthorized area. However, these deaths seem to be occuring much more often than they used to. Teenagers, in particular, are dying because of unsafe rides, or more often, because they take unsafe risks (like unbuckling seat belts). I don’t know what to think of this. Generally speaking, the amusement park can’t be held responsible for deaths that occur when passengers take foolish risks. However, there are a lot of reasons that these people are dying, and not all of them are their own fault.
“Reading stories like these make me glad.” Your word choice disgusts me. I am fully aware that this teenager did not make the smartest of choices but the fact that reading stories of young boys being decapitated makes you glad, there is something terribly wrong with you. A family is mourning the loss of their child, of their brother and there are bloggers like you saying that you are glad this is happening. It makes me sick.
Allow me to clarify.
Reading stories like these make me glad that I haven’t been to an amusement park in a long time. I don’t want to be the next person killed at an amusement park.
Sorry. I assumed that the context would clarify, and I was incorrect.
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