Showing posts with label Darwin Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Darwin Award. Show all posts

Sunday, June 29, 2008

If Headlines were more accurate and less sensational

Sometimes I wish I could rewrite headlines to reduce the sensationalism and increase the accuracy.

For example:
Teen decapitated at Six Flags over Georgia
This should actually read: "Stupid kid ignores multiple warning signs while climbing over TWO six-foot fences and ends up dead"

Even ignoring the multiple warning and danger signs you should probably start to wonder if you're supposed to be in a location that required you to climb over two six-foot fences to get there.

Yes, it is sad that he is dead for such a stupid reason. But if the family tries to sue the park I am going to be really annoyed. What more could the park be expected to do?