dont wii for a wii

[LyricistSoldier]

its like i said, contests like this happen all the time... and by chance it just happened to be deadly. yes it is. chance. no one knew for shure that it would kill the lady. They knew it might but it wasnt a in stone cold hard fact. I mean really, no one uses water intoxication as a way to kill people so stop acting like thats what the radio station did.

It's this world we live in... half you guys on here... bunch of liberal free thinking types... assume hey its the radio station that did the contest, they were the vessel of the womans early death. Destroy the vessel!

No one takes responsibility for their own actions anymore... its always someone elses fault for letting em do something. :incazzato:

the only thing this womans family should be able to do is sue to make shure ALL radio stations can not do contests like this again... its ASSININE to think that they deserve money or some kind of compensation for their mothers free choice actions :incazzato:

 

[NjD00]

they can only show you the door, but they can't make you walk through it.

The implications of your little analogy miss the point. I didn't say the radio station forced them to do it, I simply implied that it is unethical and wrong for a radio station to hold potentially lethal contests to a largely unknowing public.

 

[Wii-bert]

Like I said, it is unfortunate this happened, but both parties were negligent. The only thing that makes it legally the radio stations fault is that it was a contest and there are laws regarding holding contests that require certain things to be included in the waiver (in this case, a disclaimer informing that possible side effects include death). So from a legal standpoint, it was the radio stations negligence. From a moral standpoint, it was the ladies negligence

 

[sagema]

We all have survival instincts. But like any Windows computer we can override certain areas and cause a shut down. She ignored her survival instincts(like running EQ2 at max specs), but was probably assured she wouldn't die. So she by passed that instinct. I guess no one told her too much of anything can, and will kill you. Shame on the radio station for not warning the participants, and especially for not having a doctor on hand.

 

[Kristi1696]

They Were NOT Informed!

http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_017093935.html

Excerpt:
"I want to say that those people drinking all that water can get sick and die from water intoxication," said the caller.

"Yeah, we're aware of that," replied a DJ. "They signed releases so we're not responsible, okay?"

Logsdon tells KOVR-TV news that they didn't hear that on-air warning in the room where he and the others were filling up way beyond comfort.

"Maybe she would have walked away," says Logsdon. "But we didn't hear that inside there."

Strange was second to last to stop drinking, and when she bowed out, she did say on the air that she was not feeling well.

"My head hurts. They keep telling me that it's the water...that it will tell my head to hurt and it'll make me puke." Strange told the DJ, live on the air, before leaving the station. "Who told you that, the intern?" was the DJ's response.


--Note that the participants did not hear the nurse who called in with a warning, nor were they informed of the risk of death--

---And by the by, the Sacramento Sheriff has launched a criminal investigation--

 

[NjD00]

its like i said, contests like this happen all the time... and by chance it just happened to be deadly. yes it is. chance. no one knew for shure that it would kill the lady. They knew it might but it wasnt a in stone cold hard fact. I mean really, no one uses water intoxication as a way to kill people so stop acting like thats what the radio station did.

No one ever knows for sure if anything will kill you until it does.

It's this world we live in... half you guys on here... bunch of liberal free thinking types... assume hey its the radio station that did the contest, they were the vessel of the womans early death. Destroy the vessel!

So you can assume people here are liberal free thinking types just because we play Nintendo? Also, I don't think I'm alone in believing that being "free thinking" is a not a character flaw.

No one takes responsibility for their own actions anymore... its always someone elses fault for letting em do something. :incazzato:

Right, if the woman drank that much water at home it would be entirely her fault. But, the radio station sanctioned the contest and didn't seek medical supervision or halt the contest after numerous warnings and symptoms of hyponatremia by the contestants. That shows criminal negligence, and THAT is why they are at fault. They aren't at fault for holding the contest, they are in trouble because of the negligence and in the way they handled it.

 

[Officer Cartman]

I'd have just gone out and bought one insted.

 

[hotpotato78]

Over feeding yourself or over drinking is harmful, it doesn't take a genius to know that. When you lack water its hard to pass waste because the waste is hard. Our body tells us when it needs something or has too much of it. When we are full, our body lets us know. when we are hungry we hear our stomach moan as if it was having sex...So that woman should have known her limits. So she should have stop or manually cause herself to bring up some of the water. But to much of anything isn't good for the human.

 

[Lethal]

Wrong answer! The contestants sign a waiver that releases the radio station for anything that may go wrong. The radio station is completely free and clear.

 

[NjD00]

Wrong answer! The contestants sign a waiver that releases the radio station for anything that may go wrong. The radio station is completely free and clear.

That just prevents the radio station from being sued for millions of dollars for not educating unknowing participants of the real dangers.

Legally, they will probably and unfortunately get off fairly clean, but ethically they are still at fault.

Such an unfortunate case.

It's especially too bad this had to happen for the Wii. It would probably have happened to PS3 fans, but they were too busy shooting each other in store lines.

 

[magnavol]

The waiver is probably meaningless in this case since they did not tell the contestants of the danger. It would probably not hold up in court anyway since she died.

 

[Lethal]

The waiver is probably meaningless in this case since they did not tell the contestants of the danger. It would probably not hold up in court anyway since she died.

Seeing how nobody knew how much water it would take to kill somebody I still dont see the radio station being at fault. Nobody held a gun to her head making her drink water. She did this at her own will. The radio station was merely having a friendly contest to see who can drink the most water without pissing. Nobody in their right mind can say that this is the radio stations fault. The lady died at home. Not at the the scene of the contest. So dont say they should have had medical team present. Thats pointless to say. Nobody else died and clearly she didnt drink more than the actual winner. Tough luck for her is all I can say.

 

[hotpotato78]

Nobody force nobody to do nothing. So that was not the radio fault. all she had to do was stop if she couldnt hold no more. This isn't a hard decision in life. This wasn't like she was addicted to drugs or sex or liquor. This was a competetion. When you know you can not win, just stop no sense in losing your life.... Anything could kill you. especially when it enters our body. Somethings are more effective in smaller quantities thats all. So this woman had a choice to do it or not to, and she suffered for the choice she made, not the choice her mommy or the mob force her to make. Speeding is dangerous but people still do it. Some people just love danger and some people think they are invincible.

 

[NjD00]

Seeing how nobody knew how much water it would take to kill somebody I still dont see the radio station being at fault. Nobody held a gun to her head making her drink water. She did this at her own will. The radio station was merely having a friendly contest to see who can drink the most water without pissing. Nobody in their right mind can say that this is the radio stations fault. The lady died at home. Not at the the scene of the contest. So dont say they should have had medical team present. Thats pointless to say. Nobody else died and clearly she didnt drink more than the actual winner. Tough luck for her is all I can say.

Ha, you seem to be negligent of the way the law can work. You don't need to literally shoot someone in the head to be responsible for their death. I wonder how educated you are to be so narrow minded.

 

[hotpotato78]

Ha, you seem to be negligent of the way the law can work. You don't need to literally shoot someone in the head to be responsible for their death. I wonder how educated you are to be so narrow minded.

because nobody force her to do it, the radio will not be in trouble. So this can't be no homicide case at all. Once nobody didnt force her, or set somebody up to do it then the law will have to rule the radio station cast as not guilty. Thiss contest was of free will and more than one person was in this contest. So legal is not wrong because this wasn't an attempt to kill someone because anybody in the state could have entered. So this is hopeless because only one person died all because she didn't want to stop. All of this because of a wii and people not knowing their limits. I think that fat people should be the only ones to enter food and drinking contests.