Footy Chick wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:Footy Chick wrote:bennymacca wrote:Surely they are allowed to make the same mistake you did about maybe not watching their kid closely enough (within reason, is there any suggestion of gross negligence here?)
my brother was pointing at pretty boats, he didnt jump into an animal pen, causing the murder of an endangered species.
But if you wan't to point that finger, go ahead.
But he could have drowned, resulting in the closure of a much-loved boating lake - ruining generations of fun and learning for everyone else.
You're right - but he didn't. And they're not going to close down the zoo either so I'm not sure of the relevance of the above.
If you ever let your kids cross the road, they might get run over, if you ever let your kids ride a bike they might fall off. Bad things happen in life.
I haven't been to Bonython Park in a while, is the lake still even there?
The point is that, had your brother drowned, there could have been ramifications, unavoidable, which people would be pissed off about.
Sadly, there were ramifications for the gorilla, because, somehow, the kid could get to that section of the enclosure. A tough decision was made.
I bet you, at the time that poor gorilla was shot, not one of the people present would have been angered by the situation, just happy that the child was safe. They might have been sad, yes, but not angry. The anger comes from those of us who weren't there and didn't see the event unfolding and who weren't going to witness the awful consequences had the situation not have been dealt with as it was - those of us who get to look at the incident in cold, hard black and white, not the technicolour of the moment.
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