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Most parents will not find your implied skepticism funny. About 9-10 kids a year die this way ...Fancy_Pollux wrote:
Seriously, has there ever been a documented case of death by venetian blinds?
From 1981-1995, 183 deaths resulted from strangulation by window cords, resulting in a mortality rate of 0.14 per 100,000 for children less than 3 years old.
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Since 1991, at least 130 children have strangled on window covering cords. The majority of deaths involved outer blind cords and occurred when the cord was hanging near the floor or crib, or when furniture was placed near the cord. Other deaths occurred when children, ages 9 months to 17 months, strangled in loops formed by inner blind cords.
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Last edited by ozghost (2006-11-28 15:57:41)
Yea it's called natural selection... If your kid is stupid enough to get entangled in window cords, and you as a parent are stupid enough not to notice, nature has done justice to this world once again. Bless nature .OrangeHound wrote:
Most parents will not find your implied skepticism funny. About 9-10 kids a year die this way ...
I'm pretty sure that has happened to someone...Doms wrote:
Jesus, i didn't think that people die from blinds, thats like sombodys dick chopped off by a window.
ever seen a movie called 11:14?Doms wrote:
Jesus, i didn't think that people die from blinds, thats like sombodys dick chopped off by a window.
Im waiting fot somebody to prove me wrong...
You must not have kids, or ever been around them much. Just a hunch.TigerXtrm wrote:
Yea it's called natural selection... If your kid is stupid enough to get entangled in window cords, and you as a parent are stupid enough not to notice, nature has done justice to this world once again. Bless nature .OrangeHound wrote:
Most parents will not find your implied skepticism funny. About 9-10 kids a year die this way ...
Tiger
Somebody can't spot a joke when he sees it...LividBovine wrote:
You must not have kids, or ever been around them much. Just a hunch.TigerXtrm wrote:
Yea it's called natural selection... If your kid is stupid enough to get entangled in window cords, and you as a parent are stupid enough not to notice, nature has done justice to this world once again. Bless nature .OrangeHound wrote:
Most parents will not find your implied skepticism funny. About 9-10 kids a year die this way ...
Tiger
What humor? What I said is true. Kids who manage to hang themselfs (!!) on a windowcord without anyone noticing hardly deserve to grow up, it's natures task to remove them from the genepool... And don't even get me started on the parents... Unless they were watching the kid trying to hang himself, then it would be funny...LividBovine wrote:
A joke is funny to some, but not others. Most parents don't like to think of their children being harmed in any way. The thought of any child getiing hurt or killed is just a sensitive subject for me. Sorry for not seeing the humor in this one.
As I said before, you must not have any children. I still cannot believe that anyone who values human life, especially that of an innocent child, could defend the points you are.TigerXtrm wrote:
What humor? What I said is true. Kids who manage to hang themselfs (!!) on a windowcord without anyone noticing hardly deserve to grow up, it's natures task to remove them from the genepool... And don't even get me started on the parents... Unless they were watching the kid trying to hang himself, then it would be funny...LividBovine wrote:
A joke is funny to some, but not others. Most parents don't like to think of their children being harmed in any way. The thought of any child getting hurt or killed is just a sensitive subject for me. Sorry for not seeing the humor in this one.
Tiger
LividBovine wrote:
As I said before, you must not have any children. I still cannot believe that anyone who values human life, especially that of an innocent child, could defend the points you are.TigerXtrm wrote:
What humor? What I said is true. Kids who manage to hang themselfs (!!) on a windowcord without anyone noticing hardly deserve to grow up, it's natures task to remove them from the genepool... And don't even get me started on the parents... Unless they were watching the kid trying to hang himself, then it would be funny...LividBovine wrote:
A joke is funny to some, but not others. Most parents don't like to think of their children being harmed in any way. The thought of any child getting hurt or killed is just a sensitive subject for me. Sorry for not seeing the humor in this one.
Tiger
A child dying because of negligence on the parents part is never funny. It is as simple as that. Yes they should be punished. Yes warning labels should be put on things like this to try and stop other parents from being idiots, but it does not make it right for the child to die. How could this have anything to do with natural selection? Please explain.
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Me? I'm just ex-babysat.LividBovine wrote:
I understand your point about being everywhere. I am a parent of 2, but I would never have put my children in a crib next to window with the cord hanging down. I can say this because it is true. I made a point of placing them in a "reasonably" safe situation.
Maybe not punish, the lose is bad enough, but what do you do?
The difference between an accident and natural selection (AKA dying because of stupidity) is determined by age. A toddler in it's crib can not entangle himself on purpose unless the cords were left in his crib, in which case the parents are total retards.Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:
#1) Tiger: I'm with livid here; no, it's not funny when someone dies, at all. look what happened to Elmo and Terror. its only 'Natural Selection' out in the wild. here its called 'an accident'.
I certainly hope not...I hope one day you become a parent yourself, there again.
indeed.Drax wrote:
WoW is a very shit game.
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