A Perfect Example of How Irrational Fear/Stupidity Kills Innocent People - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

pitbulllady · 08-06-2007, 03:47 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292168,00.html

A five-year-old child is dead, thanks to an idiot cop discharging a firearm before engaging his BRAIN, all because of an irrational, pointless fear that should have been left in the Middle Ages! Venomous snakes in North America seldom climb trees, so it's pretty much a given that the snake was harmless and posed absolutely no threat to anyone whatsoever, but the cop would rather try to be a hero and kill this "evil monster" to save lives...and wound up killing a child while the kid's grandfather watched helplessly. Poor old guy-they showed him on tv and he blames himself for taking his grandson fishing, something that grandfathers have been doing for ages. This is a perfect example of how deadly stupidity can be, but it's sad that the victims who pay the biggest price, the kid and the snake, aren't even the ones who were being stupid. I hope this cop does hard time for this, and never is allowed to carry a gun for the rest of his life, and as part of his parole he should be made to work at the nearest zoo's reptile house, educating the public on the idiocy of reptile phobias/hatred.

pitbulllady

08-06-2007, 03:47 PM	#1
pitbulllady Co-Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,276	A Perfect Example of How Irrational Fear/Stupidity Kills Innocent People http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292168,00.html A five-year-old child is dead, thanks to an idiot cop discharging a firearm before engaging his BRAIN, all because of an irrational, pointless fear that should have been left in the Middle Ages! Venomous snakes in North America seldom climb trees, so it's pretty much a given that the snake was harmless and posed absolutely no threat to anyone whatsoever, but the cop would rather try to be a hero and kill this "evil monster" to save lives...and wound up killing a child while the kid's grandfather watched helplessly. Poor old guy-they showed him on tv and he blames himself for taking his grandson fishing, something that grandfathers have been doing for ages. This is a perfect example of how deadly stupidity can be, but it's sad that the victims who pay the biggest price, the kid and the snake, aren't even the ones who were being stupid. I hope this cop does hard time for this, and never is allowed to carry a gun for the rest of his life, and as part of his parole he should be made to work at the nearest zoo's reptile house, educating the public on the idiocy of reptile phobias/hatred. pitbulllady