hmmm. didn't a coffee company get sued for making coffee hot without the proper warning labels? i think people need to know of the dangers of drinking too much water now.

CubEdIn

Romania5359 Posts

January 14 2007 16:25 GMT

#83

Yes exactly, so don't blame the radio station for her actions!

Klogon

MURICA15980 Posts

January 14 2007 16:29 GMT

#84

Yeah, and maybe food companies should put warnings such as "Please don't consume more than 145 serving sizes in a 2 hour period" or something else.

I mean it is all unfortunate and everything... but pointing fingers in this situation isn't "just" in my opinion.

Gandalf

Pakistan1905 Posts

January 14 2007 18:41 GMT

#85

On January 15 2007 00:25 CubEdIn[SoD] wrote:
Ok final example:

Should you blame BLIZZARD for the people that died due to too much playign WOW? Or should those two parents who left their kid die sue blizzard for making wow?

I mean they used to play computer games all the time, they didn't think too much of it could harm them/their child. I think this is the most accurate example I can think of, hope it's satisfying.

I mean blizzard didn't state anywhere that you shouldn't play more than x hours. And they gave rewards in game for people who did play a lot, like higher levels, etc. It's not the exact same thing, but it's really close, and it's the people's fault, as usual.

Haha man I love you! Its great to discuss something and not have it deteriorate into a flame war

Ok, this is my take on your example about Blizzard:

Blizzard manufactures WOW and sells it to whomever wants to purchase and play it. In a similar fashion, watter bottling companies sell bottled water to whomever. Agreed? Neither will be liable if a person dies or gets injured because of either excessive playing or excessive drinking. Why is this? Because neither company is *forcing* the consumers to do so. There is no compulsion, no reward, nothing. It is left entirely up to the consumer.

This competition was different though. A reward was being offerred, and that was direct compulsion. See the difference?

Were your example true, a lot of companies would be in a lot of shit. Gun manufacturers would be the first to be screwed. What about automobile companies? I mean, a lot of people die in car crashes. And so on and so forth.....you get the drift.

rest_less

Germany142 Posts

January 14 2007 18:47 GMT

#86

if you drink 2-3 litre of water in a very short time, it is UNEVITABLE do die, the amount of water depends on ypur type.

Pika Chu

Romania2510 Posts

January 14 2007 19:24 GMT

#87

On January 15 2007 03:47 rest_less wrote:
if you drink 2-3 litre of water in a very short time, it is UNEVITABLE do die, the amount of water depends on ypur type.

Wrong. I have drink more than 3l of water in less than 1 min.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_insipudus

IntoTheWow

is awesome32280 Posts

January 14 2007 19:39 GMT

#88

This happened a long time ago in USA if i remember because a doctor told a pacient to drink as much water as she could (she had to put down on weight or something) and her cell exploded.

Amber[LighT]

United States5078 Posts

January 14 2007 19:54 GMT

#89

I love how almost every reply with a quote is from Wikipedia... as though you have just learned something and you are 10x more credible... rofl o.O

SuperJongMan

Jamaica11586 Posts

January 14 2007 20:01 GMT

#90

Water Poisoning....
To die by water poisoning is to suck at life.

xM(Z

Romania5299 Posts

January 14 2007 20:03 GMT

#91

compulsion - an irrational need to perform some action, often despite negative consequences
reason - a intellectual faculty by which HUMANS seek or attain knowledge or truth ; reason is the power to think rationally and logically and to draw inferences ; (it defines us as humans)
Gandalf , i see in your post christian reasoning : blame Satan for everything worse that a human does(even towards himself) ;so i'll ask you where is the freewill God gave us?
(yes i wikip.ed)

Reason

United Kingdom2770 Posts

January 14 2007 20:29 GMT

#92

I thought it was common knowledge that drinking too much water too quickly can die? I remember reading about that in I can't remember where but it was fucking shit hot so this woman drank loads of water to avoid dehydration and ended up killing herself.

Also with an official event like that, you would expect the organisers had researched it properly and told contestants (probably just average joe's) that drinking lot of water can be lethal, and they might not actually want that Wii as much they thought at first.............

CubEdIn

Romania5359 Posts

January 14 2007 20:56 GMT

#93

I see your point Gandalf, but I can't agree.

If you take this on a slightly smaller scale, it happens with other things too.

As I said, in WoW, you get in-game-rewards for playing more. There are billions of contests on cola, water, soda, etc, that offer some sort of price if you send in x caps of beverage, or if you find the lucky something in the bag of product x.

So even though they're not flat-out telling them, they are encouraging their consumers to... consume more of their products. And if someone were to die from over-dose of pringles, nobody would blame pringles.

This was more straight-forward, but I don't see it fair that you could blame a person/company that did not force those people to do what they did in any way. It's free will. Sure, on some level the radio station is to blame. But that woman is to blame on a much higher level. Like 60 or something.

~Legit~

United States408 Posts

January 14 2007 21:00 GMT

#94

This is really sad....But on a side note, I'm starting to see a connection between god and wikipedia...

KodoU-

United States129 Posts

January 14 2007 21:10 GMT

#95

I kinda just had time to skim over 5 or 6 posts on each page.
This sucks...
Honestly the radio station shouldnt be blamed for this because like someone said, its not like the first thing that comes to mind when we think water, is DEATH. we think, water makes up like 75% of our body. so its good for you?
But the whole idea of the contest is completely idiotic. Not being alowed to take a piss... that part really does make it a bad contest. I could see Drinking the most water, piss or not But the not urinating part is probably what really made it fatal, she wasnt able to get rid of the excess water content so it just basically soaked into her like a sponge.
The Radio Station really should think through their Contests much more thoroughly.

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On January 15 2007 00:51 geometryb wrote:

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hmmm. didn't a coffee company get sued for making coffee hot without the proper warning labels? i think people need to know of the dangers of drinking too much water now.

Actually i do believe it was a fast food chain, that got sued because some lady bought a cup of coffee through the drive through, and while she was driving away she spilled it on her lap Scaulding her.
i dont know if it caused an accident or what other details but im 90% sure about this.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32280 Posts

January 14 2007 21:21 GMT

#96

On January 15 2007 00:51 geometryb wrote:

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hmmm. didn't a coffee company get sued for making coffee hot without the proper warning labels? i think people need to know of the dangers of drinking too much water now.

People need a warning label that reads: "warning: dont be stupid".

pyrogenetix

China5098 Posts

January 14 2007 21:33 GMT

#97

mcdonalds was sued by an asshole because he burned himself when drinking coffee that he just bought and was obviously hot. he won and that is why there is this label that warns us that the contents of your styrofoam cup and apple pie (or whatever pie) is not cold, but hot.

j0ehoe

United States2705 Posts

January 14 2007 21:50 GMT

#98

On January 14 2007 03:55 NeoIllusions wrote:

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On the contrary, if she drank as much alcohol as she did water to the point where she suffered from water toxicity, she would die instead from alcohol poisoning.
Either way, too much of anything can kill.

generally you throw up before you get to that point ;x

water poisioning is fairly common. didn u guys ever take DARE in school? this is like the first thing they tell you about taking ecstacy

vGl-CoW

Belgium8305 Posts

January 14 2007 22:22 GMT

#99

On January 15 2007 04:39 IntoTheWow wrote:
This happened a long time ago in USA if i remember because a doctor told a pacient to drink as much water as she could (she had to put down on weight or something) and her cell exploded.