Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Isla
Wow. You really don't see the big picture here, do you?
You've obviously never worked with children and don't have any of your own. He was probably climbing on it and it came down on him. Mom was probably in the kitchen making lunch, and then it was too late (children die like this all the time.) It's not unheard of by any means. It happens. 2 year olds can be squirmy little buggers. THey have just learned how to do things like climb but they don't have any sense. I've spent many a day herding toddlers around and it is exhausting.
Anyway, so tell me again here... what's funny about the pain they are in? And do you think that they deserve what happened because they were stupid?
I don't care about religion. I just feel the pain of these people, and I can't imagine having anything other than compassion for them.
I can't imagine laughing at people who are grieving for the loss of a loved one, period.
It would be a better world if all people understood that we all hurt.
You are right. I don't have children. But I do know something about kids because I have brothers and newphews. You never ever leave them alone in another room. So am I to feel sorry for this parent who neglected her kid? Besides, I don't know very many 2-year-olds that can scale a filing cabinet let alone topple it.
OK, you win. You obviously have perfectly good reasons for having no sympathy or compassion for these people. You are an excellent judge and jury of the human condition!