I know more about you than you think. The part you are correct about is "who cares".
Really, you know more about me than I think, please enlighten me, oh wise one.
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I can't wait for the dribble you're going to spew at us now.
You're the sanctimonious one. You say stupid stuff about the dad thinking it was a joy ride for the child. Well, so would have been strapping the kid to a rocket and launching it into space, based on your ridiculous analogies and 'knowing' what was going on in the brain of other people you don't even know.
It isn't an accident if it's malice aforethought; though I will give the father the benefit of the doubt and say he likely didn't 'plan' to kill his child, but his behavior; drinking and operating a dangerous piece of machinery with a child present is not in any way excusable no matter how many argue they did the same thing when they were kids or went without wearing seat belts, bike helmets, ran with sharp scissors etc.
Intent is not as important as outcome, and the outcome is an adult behaved recklessly and caused the death of a minor child, strictly as a result of the choices he made. For all intents and purposes he might as well have planned to murder the child, because the result is by his actions the child died from his hand(s).
Yeah, there are no do overs for things like this, which is why when a human becomes an adult their level of responsibility to others in society, especially minor children, changes to fall on their shoulders for the consequences of their actions.
And the ridiculous argument of some parents didn't teach their kids right to know better than to do stupid, inexcusable things doesn't hold water either. The dad isn't a victim of poor upbringing, he IS a fool who will have to bear the brunt of his guilt for the rest of his life, and so it should be.
The incident was completely and totally avoidable, and if he had exercised good judgement it would not be here for us to discuss. But he didn't exercise good adult judgement and consequently he is completely responsible for the results. No one else, just him. Not the mower manufacturer, or the blade sharpener guy or the next door neighbor, just the mower operator.
People who have experienced this in a family or through close relatives know how devastating the consequences are to the person who exercised poor judgement, BUT that doesn't change anything. Yes, the dad could get sympathy for the heii his life turned into, but my point is one moment of poor judgement can forever changes someone's life. Mistakes and accidents do happen; this wasn't either.
An accident might look like this: dad driving child in car, car gets hit by drunk driver who runs red light and kills the child. Not the dad's fault, just an unfortunate accident.
A mistake might be the dad forgot to tell the new sitter the kid has a peanut allergy and the kid ends up in the emergency room, but lives. Bet the dad won't make that mistake twice.
See the difference? Mistake, accident, egregious inexcusable poor judgement on part of responsible adult, causing death of a minor; NOT all in same category. Last example in previous sentence, not to be justified or rationalized by those who can't deal head on with being held responsible for one's actions, regardless of the intended consequences.
