Somehow I doubt that's what she was thinking when she was freezing her azz to death on that mountain, leaving her family behind.
Darwin at work yet again!
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Somehow I doubt that's what she was thinking when she was freezing her azz to death on that mountain, leaving her family behind.
Wow this is an invitation to have a philosophical discussion about death... and in that case it was obviously the mountain's fault.
El Cockblock
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Being a professional photographer does not make one an expert on river conditions, or an expert at assessing any type of safety risk. Being a professional photographer makes one just that: an expert at taking photographs. I don't have to be a professional anything to know that stepping into a rushing river is a potential safety risk. She's a fully grown, mentally competent woman who made the choice to set up this photoshoot. She made the decision to wear her dress, she made the decision to step into the water. Her demise is of her own doing.
Wouldn't you agree that an ignorant risk is riding on a race track that has a 1 foot thick concrete wall that you can slam into, as well?Not that I'm to talk though! lol
And if someone slammed into a wall at the racetrack, then I'd lay blame on their shoulders too. But it's definitely not an 'ignorant' risk - most motorcyclists understand and accept the inherent dangers in this hobby, and take responsibility to mitigate them.
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Guess she didn't read the safety manual regarding loose, long hair while operating a chainsaw.
What? She's not true blonde?
Reminds me of a girl who wanted to peer off the barrier on Niagara falls to take a picture. Only to fall in.
Which answers the question, if they build a fence there, there would be an idiot to climb over it and die. As they say, if u try to make something idiot-proof, it would just make them better idiots
awyala
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Wouldn't you agree that an ignorant risk is riding on a race track that has a 1 foot thick concrete wall that you can slam into, as well?
Edit my ramble down to.....an ignorant risk is that where either the circumstances and parameters are unknown, or willfully not calculated through bravado or stupidity. Those "unknowns" can be as simple as your own bodies ability to react, let alone something like the speed of the running water (which should have been testest first!). The track conditions you mentioned are for the most part factored into the risks we take, and we accept a certain likelihood of death and or pain. I truly question whether this lady factored in the possible risk of death for the photo. I certainly would not be going after a knee down shot on my wedding day!
In all fairness though I did stop at a racetrack once on a romantic trip to Venice. However a few laps in, I realized downing the bike may mean the trip gets cancelled...so I packed it up, considered myself lucky and went on my way with my wife. What I did not do is seize upon the fashion to smash, damage or destory my bike on a racetrack for an awesome photo.
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Motorcycle Mike
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What a misleading title -- here I was getting excited about a guy who has been dead 130 years possibly planning another discovery voyage only to find out it is a story about some twat in a river.
Amen to that! Yeah, let's fence off the entire river and hire more QPP to patrol the entire length of it.. As if Quebec is overflowing with tax dollars
killerkeith
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Amen to that! Yeah, let's fence off the entire river and hire more QPP to patrol the entire length of it.. As if Quebec is overflowing with tax dollars
Could you imagine how many idiots a year would fall into this, without a fence?
Another idiot
http://www.wpapfm.com/pages/shane.html?article=10382479
http://www.wpapfm.com/pages/shane.html?article=10382479
kickstartt
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ahahah, he's one lucky bastar d
Imagine ur gf actually get a dead body of her bf in a box at her home, thats quite creepy.
Or maybe, Darwin would take care of a few of them, others would learn to watch where they're going and supervise their brood.
Ban cardboard boxes! :shock:
Like seriously! Why don't they legislate mandatory warning labels warning people of possible oxygen deprivation! How are people going to know to put airholes? Obviously the courier company is responsible for this mishap, seeing as they're professionals.
Awww so romantic :love5: lol
Gixxer6
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I did not say she was stupid. She did make a mistake, however, and a very costly one at that. I do however think it is stupid to destroy an item potentially worth thousands of dollars for the sake of a few photos.
We will likely never know who selected the location for the shoot so it is pointless to speculate.
87m6chris
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Isn't that the whole truth right there. People from Western culture have so little contact with the real world these days that a fast moving creek looks more like a calender picture to them than something they should be cautious of.
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One of the problems is the newspaper article is misleading and contradictory at best. The first paragraph states she drowned in a river. As Stormcat's quote said, she wanted pictures of herself swimming in the "lake". Of course, this quote comes from the photographer, who would have some potential gain from saying it was her idea. Then they put a picture of a "river" that just happens to be near the location of the death. Supposedly she died in the Ouareau River, but in the picture they don't mention the name of that river and don't even say it was the river she drowned in. Perhaps it wouldn't look so dramatic if they showed the actual river, who knows why they couldn't get a picture of it. I wish journalists would stick to facts that can be verified and if you must have a picture, make sure it relates to the article. I'm sorry for her death and her family's loss, but she did a stupid thing and paid the ultimate price. Please notice that that is different than saying she was stupid.
Could you imagine how many idiots a year would fall into this, without a fence?
That railing is probably illegal because a 4" sphere can fit through it. Something to do with the size of a kid's head. Maybe a generation ago kids had bigger heads.
