Speaking Ill of the Dead (again)

[howeird]

I'm sorry he's dead. I'm much, much more sorry for his widow and children. And for all the people whose hopes were raised way beyond reasonable expectations by stupid media coverage.

When I heard they had burned the tires, I lost all hope. That's just plain dumb - I drove that road last April and it's a forest. Even green wet wood is easier to burn than a tire. And there would have been plenty of dry kindling under the snow, if they had thought to dig a little.

And what kind of idiot takes off on a trip through the mountains without flares?

Someone at Cnet called him a hero, but a hero doesn't abandon his family to go trekking into unknown woods unprepared. They say he had two lighters with him, but there apparently was no evidence he tried to use them.

Kudos to the rescue people who thought to track a cell phone ack signal in an area where there is no service.

This story shows how desperate we are for happy endings. And how completely out of proportion the media can blow up a story. To paraphrase Rick in Casablanca, "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of four little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world."

Comments

Re: WTF!!!!

[scendan.livejournal.com]

Considering some of the Whoppers I've had at Burger King, cannibalism might've been the more (pardon the pun) viable option.

Re: WTF!!!!

[cinchntouch.livejournal.com]

But did you get the right size shake?

Re: WTF!!!!

[scendan.livejournal.com]

LOL! That was such a bummer. But you so kindly offered me some of yours. :)

Does that mean that your milkshake, it's better than mine?

Re: WTF!!!!

[cinchntouch.livejournal.com]

My Milkshake brings the boys to the yard!

Re: WTF!!!!

[scendan.livejournal.com]

*does a bump and grind*

Re: WTF!!!!

[cinchntouch.livejournal.com]

AWWWWW You hot sexy beast
Grwllllllllllll