Mike_Dumond
Gold Member
Not to start anything here, (except maybe a discussion). I always enjoy reading the safety forum, alot of things in there that you can learn from. However, I've noticed something. This doesn't true in all cases, but in alot of them it does hold true. This is not to minimize any other safety issues, but I've noticed that incidents involving kids being killed seem to get less hits than others. Not only here, but in other forums.
Case in point, on 9/14 I entered a post about a six year old girl that was thrown out of a pickup and died. On 9/15, John4nh entered a post about a garden tractor flip. The girl post got 168 hits, and 1 response. The flip got 506 hits and 26 responses. Even the polo pony thread got 397 hits and 14 responses. My question is this, Do we intentionally stay away from this sort of post? Is it because it's kids involved? Is there a guilt thing involved? Or, might it be that we don't want to recognize the incident itself, because it strikes too close to home. (As in, if we hurt ourselves, that's one thing. But if we hurt our kids, that's unforgiveable.)
As I said, I don't mean to minimize any safety issue, I'm just trying to understand the reasoning behind this. Just to let you know, when I first saw the article, my first thought was to not read it.
Case in point, on 9/14 I entered a post about a six year old girl that was thrown out of a pickup and died. On 9/15, John4nh entered a post about a garden tractor flip. The girl post got 168 hits, and 1 response. The flip got 506 hits and 26 responses. Even the polo pony thread got 397 hits and 14 responses. My question is this, Do we intentionally stay away from this sort of post? Is it because it's kids involved? Is there a guilt thing involved? Or, might it be that we don't want to recognize the incident itself, because it strikes too close to home. (As in, if we hurt ourselves, that's one thing. But if we hurt our kids, that's unforgiveable.)
As I said, I don't mean to minimize any safety issue, I'm just trying to understand the reasoning behind this. Just to let you know, when I first saw the article, my first thought was to not read it.