mikeymouse
Well-Known Member
It was just a freak incident and no one is to blame. Apparently it was just his time. (unfortunate as it is, it happens every day)
Iakona said:Actually, I think you speak for a small minority.
How many of us would expect a professional athlete to have a hole in his heart go undetected causing a stroke. A professional athlete that has had the best medical care and is constantly evaluated? Yet is happened.
How many of us would expect a friend to die in her sleep at 16 years old from thickening of the heart? Yet it happened to a friend back in High School.
This logic would shut down every airline in the world. By the way, takeoffs exert Gs on the body as well, had this boy died during takeoff would we shut the airlines down?
So that higher standard should now include full body MRIs, echocardiograms, stress tests and extensive medical exams before you can enter the park? Or should Disney be held to a standard of being psychic?
Who really expects their child to die at anytime?
This shows a complete lack of understanding of the UNKNOWN medical condition. Had the child been 54 inches or a 5 foot tall teenager, this condition could have remained undiagnosed and death occurred at anytime or any height. The height did not cause the death, the disease did.
In fact the article you quote later specifically says this type of disease usually ocurs later in the 20's. Did you read the entire article or just the portions you felt you could spin?
So who is the wrongdoer? Sue Disney because you can't sue a disease?
NO ONE KNOWS. This heart could have went at anytime. Sad, but true.
If parents and Dr.'s that are with this child and examine him don't know how can Disney? By your logic the world would shut down because someone, somewhere may have something they don't know about and die.
You left this out of your quote from the article:
"Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a potentially life-threatening enlargement of the heart. It affects about one in every 500 people and is the leading cause of sudden death among young competitive athletes in the U.S., and is the cause of 20,000 deaths per year.
It usually shows up sometime after puberty when a person is in his or her 20s and 30s. Symptoms may include shortness of breath on exertion, dizziness, fainting, and chest pain, but often the only symptom is sudden death. "
So let's cancel ALL sporting events as well.
Mimi said:I bet you, Mr. Steve, that I can prove the Disney corporation as we know it would gladly sacrifice three to four lives every so many years for the sake of that all -forgiving God....
Profit.
Mimi said:It was rare and unforeseen by the parents but probably foreseen by Disney in some scenario (we can talk Pinto for a while if you want). Disney was probably most able to avoid the tragedy and therefore the most negligible.
Mimi said:How long would that boy have been expected to live had it not been for Mission: Space?
How many children would he have had?
mickeysgal said:What I want to know is what why is Mission:Space the only ride to be blamed. I'm sure it's not the only ride they rode on that tragic day. If this little boy was anything like my little ones, he was probably on and off rides, running around, excited to the extent of exhaustion! All that with the heat and size of the park...he might have just worn himself out.
The ultimate tragedy is the death of this little life, and while I don't think their case is justified against Disney, who knows what I would do if I was the parent in this situation.
[/quote]I bet you, Mr. Steve, that I can prove the Disney corporation as we know it would gladly sacrifice three to four lives every so many years for the sake of that all -forgiving God....
Profit.
MouseearsDeb said:Personally, I think it would be common sense for the responsible parent to "check" out the ride before allowing their "very young child with a mind that is not developed yet to understand what is happening" to ride a ride such as MS. I know that is what we did and afterwards there was no way in HE** that I would let my child of 4, height restrictions met and passed, to ride it. He would not have been able to understand what is happening to his body and mind and, in my opinion, his 'system' would not react like someone who is more developed. JMHO!
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