Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Water Intoxication
I've known JJ to drink over three gallons of beer and spirits in a matter of two hours, but he always seems perfectly fine after. This poor girl died after drinking two gallons of water within two hours.
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Jeepers! I heard of water torture, but not of water intoxication. Maybe her bladder just burst? Paging Jimmy Cochrane. A dream case for ambulance chasers.
More on the legal trouble faced by that idiotic radio station. They're in hot water, that's for sure.
Ah, yes, it returns us to that grand societal argument: should an individual be responsible for their own stupidity, or should the blame be put on radio stations?
I tend to side with the Grand Libertarian Tradition (thank you P.J. O'Rourke and the late Milton Friedman), and say the chick should've known not to ingest two frigging gallons of liquid in under two hours. And if she did it herself (I doubt anyone but the Kulture of Kapitalism forced water down her gullet), well, then we may just have another Darwin Award Nominee!
OK, OK, I agree in principle -- actually, I'm a great believer in free will, and individual responsibility. But yet, one may take into account for human folly and foibles, and not incite all the dummies out there to commit hara-kiri or something. From a legal standpoint, I still maintain that radio station is in big doo-doo, especially since there was a precedent (a similar stunt went similarly bad last summer in New Mexico or somewhere).
You're right on the legal point, AI. No question that the codified Law of the Land will ensure the demise of this radio station. But this chick was 27 years old, or there abouts. Lawyers wouldn't see it my way. They need to put food on the table.
Perhaps the Federal Government should start a Billboard and Safety Campaign with our state and federal tax dollars to thunder against the dangers in Extreme Water Drinking. Perhaps another study? Perhaps justification for starting a new department in all the major U.S. universities? (eg, "Hydro-i-cide-ology").
One of those new Nintendo Wii's only goes for about $250, and no more than $300. The entire story is all very tragicomic.
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