now, now kids... "accident" merely means it was not intentional -- so when someone drowns and it was neither murder nor intentional suicide it was an accident. Accidents always still hold out the notion of someone being at fault. I think the news media folks would admit that someone was at fault though their limited knowledge would probably have the fault being that ANYONE do something as foolish as being on the ocean in such a tiny, tippy boat. On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Carey Parks <carey_at_jimparksfamily.com>wrote: > Yeah, I agree. The word "accident" makes it sound totally random. Maybe one > could say in a typical scenario here that the manatee surfacing under the > kayak was an accident. The fact that the paddler drowned afterward could > have been prevented and was the result of bad judgement, skills or gear. > Having the right gear is judgement and knowing how to use it is a skill, so > it's all balled up together. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 03 2010 - 07:47:48 PDT
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