On February 13 2010 09:37 Kenny wrote: Yeah, I saw this earlier. Honestly, I just clicked on it to read the story...but saw the pictures included...and now a fucking video. I wish people would fucking have some respect and keep that shit off the internet. People are hurting now because of this accident, and it's only making it 100000x worse that the entire world gets to see it now.
Seriously..I wish media had a fucking brain.
Hiding things like this just makes it more likely for similar thing to happen in the future..
Some construction supervisor could see this and be inspired to make his workplace more safe for his employees.
It is not disrespectful to tell the story as it happened, with pictures and video if possible, unless you are like making phonecalls to his family or something.
If my death is the result of a preventable accident I hope it gets exposure too.
On February 13 2010 09:37 Kenny wrote: Yeah, I saw this earlier. Honestly, I just clicked on it to read the story...but saw the pictures included...and now a fucking video. I wish people would fucking have some respect and keep that shit off the internet. People are hurting now because of this accident, and it's only making it 100000x worse that the entire world gets to see it now.
Seriously..I wish media had a fucking brain.
I honestly don't see what's disrespectful about watching the video. This person died doing what they love and simply watching a video of it is one way to validate this. What is disrespectful is any inappropriate comments anonymous users are going to make about it, which would happen regardless if they saw the video or not. Either way, this is a terrible tragedy. Condolences to their family and friends. rest in peace.
On February 13 2010 09:37 Kenny wrote: Yeah, I saw this earlier. Honestly, I just clicked on it to read the story...but saw the pictures included...and now a fucking video. I wish people would fucking have some respect and keep that shit off the internet. People are hurting now because of this accident, and it's only making it 100000x worse that the entire world gets to see it now.
Seriously..I wish media had a fucking brain.
I completely agree to this. The videos and images do not need to be publicized as much like they are.. its a video of someones death.. its a terrible thing, and this video and pictures are on every single website right now... And I'm sure some people are watching it for.. other reasons..
Please keep the posts mannered, not like the idiot who posted the stupid poster of Cool Runnings. I'm not saying we all need to sob for this and become depressed, but at least show some respect... he was a 21 year old olympian with a dream. Show some respect...
On February 13 2010 09:37 Kenny wrote: Yeah, I saw this earlier. Honestly, I just clicked on it to read the story...but saw the pictures included...and now a fucking video. I wish people would fucking have some respect and keep that shit off the internet. People are hurting now because of this accident, and it's only making it 100000x worse that the entire world gets to see it now.
Seriously..I wish media had a fucking brain.
I completely agree to this. The videos and images do not need to be publicized as much like they are.. its a video of someones death.. its a terrible thing, and this video and pictures are on every single website right now... And I'm sure some people are watching it for.. other reasons..
Please keep the posts mannered, not like the idiot who posted the stupid poster of Cool Runnings. I'm not saying we all need to sob for this and become depressed, but at least show some respect... he was a 21 year old olympian with a dream. Show some respect...
this isnt about respect, this is a 21 year old kid who lost his life, because some fucking retard decided it was alright to slack off on an olympic track
how much would it have cost to pad the steel poles at the VERY LEAST. sickening that this shit happens.
and to the retard who posted that picture, you are disgrace enjoy your ban, and i hope they IP check your ass in case thats a smurf.
On February 13 2010 09:37 Kenny wrote: Yeah, I saw this earlier. Honestly, I just clicked on it to read the story...but saw the pictures included...and now a fucking video. I wish people would fucking have some respect and keep that shit off the internet. People are hurting now because of this accident, and it's only making it 100000x worse that the entire world gets to see it now.
Seriously..I wish media had a fucking brain.
I completely agree to this. The videos and images do not need to be publicized as much like they are.. its a video of someones death.. its a terrible thing, and this video and pictures are on every single website right now... And I'm sure some people are watching it for.. other reasons..
Please keep the posts mannered, not like the idiot who posted the stupid poster of Cool Runnings. I'm not saying we all need to sob for this and become depressed, but at least show some respect... he was a 21 year old olympian with a dream. Show some respect...
this isnt about respect, this is a 21 year old kid who lost his life, because some fucking retard decided it was alright to slack off on an olympic track
how much would it have cost to pad the steel poles at the VERY LEAST. sickening that this shit happens.
and to the retard who posted that picture, you are disgrace enjoy your ban, and i hope they IP check your ass in case thats a smurf.
Umm I really don't think he's gonna get banned for that.. most threads about someone passing away are much MUCH more disrespectful than that.
Even the kid with cancer that died had worse jokes from multiple people.
Why the fuck weren't the corners lifted or made tunnels?
That's what they do in corners, they lift them high or corner them so that he can't fucking get out of the track.
A romanian participant also has been injured yesterday on the same track. But she's fine and she can compete. However, the thing she told is that this track is very badly designed, more for show and less for safety.
Whistler was always a death trap, people keep dying there but it's $ so nothing is done. A kid in my senior HS year, last year died because of Whistler non-safety
On February 13 2010 09:55 Etherone wrote: this isnt about respect, this is a 21 year old kid who lost his life, because some fucking retard decided it was alright to slack off on an olympic track
how much would it have cost to pad the steel poles at the VERY LEAST. sickening that this shit happens.
Padding isn't going to do anything. The dude was going 140+kph - it's like padding the bumper of a car so it doesn't kill you when you run into speeding highway traffic. Nobody is slacking off. The tracks get faster and more difficult as the athletes' ability level increases, and there is a chance that by a freak accident you can exit the track during a crash.
Best idea would be to make higher sidewalls to the track, but then you lose light on the track as well which is never a good thing for safety or performance.
On February 13 2010 09:55 Etherone wrote: this isnt about respect, this is a 21 year old kid who lost his life, because some fucking retard decided it was alright to slack off on an olympic track
how much would it have cost to pad the steel poles at the VERY LEAST. sickening that this shit happens.
Padding isn't going to do anything. The dude was going 140+kph - it's like padding the bumper of a car so it doesn't kill you when you run into speeding highway traffic. Nobody is slacking off. The tracks get faster and more difficult as the athletes' ability level increases, and there is a chance that by a freak accident you can exit the track during a crash.
Best idea would be to make higher sidewalls to the track, but then you lose light on the track as well which is never a good thing for safety or performance.
I can sure as hell tell you it won't hurt. It's become very obvious from many Olympic athletes that this track is not fucking designed properly. When is the last time you heard big news of an Olympic Luger dying on a track? It's a dangerous sport, sure, but it's quite obvious this is a terrible fucking design.
To all of you that act that blowing this shit into the media isn't a bad thing..you are so desensitized to this it's sad. Someone dying (especially at a young age, but anyone really) is not OK to be streaming off to the masses. It DOES NOT help improve safety, news can do that alone. Pictures/Videos only help to sensationalize the event, not improve the current structure of it.
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