OMG!!!!Asshole standing in the surge with a CHILD!

[FedUpWithIt All]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/feature?section=news/local&id=6102015

They just showed an adult and a CHILD standing in the surge in Galveston. I cannot believe people. OMFG.

The news crew actually filmed them for a second and then moved away. Oh well. Kid's going to drown, lets move on.

I feel sick.



:banghead: :grr:

[DS1]

1. ...

[FedUpWithIt All]

2. I really ache for the kids. The kid has to be terrified.

Damn, Damn, Damn.

[DS1]

3. I had the browser minimized but I did hear the anchor

basically call them irresponsible idiots

[Zookeeper]

4. The site says, "No video." But, I believe someone would...

be that stupid. He/she probably thinks it's an opportunity for the kid to see history in the making. (If they don't drown.)

[Princess Turandot]

5. I just saw that too..

What an absolute imbecile.

Actually, I was glad that they moved the camera, because I didn't want to see the kid to get swept away. (I suspect they didn't want to risk catching that either.)

[FedUpWithIt All]

Yeah, i thought the kid DID get swept away for a second. This will haunt me. n/t

I detest people sometimes.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. almost as stupid as that idiotic para-surfer

with the last storm. Evolution clearly has skipped certain parts of the country. Maybe creationists are right after all.

[Bob Dobbs]

8. It's DE-evolution. Mark Mothersbaugh was right.

Kind of like peak oil, we peaked evoulutionarily and are headed into alternative evolution sources.

[bullwinkle428]

19. "Idiocracy" the movie - the perfect illustration of de-evolution...

[deaniac21]

49. No, Rocky says it's.....

[mwb970]

34. We need more of "thinning the herd".

Idiots who in earlier ages would have died of foolishness before passing along their DNA are kept alive by a protective society and/or medical science. We're thwarting evolution! So idiots thrive and the race does not improve.

[sudopod]

41. ...

Careful, I know you're just trying to add some curmudgeonly humor to the thread, but that line of though can lead to dark places.

[Bob Dobbs]

47. Eugenics, HO!

The coming civil war will thin a lot of the herd. Let's hope it's the correct lot.

[billyoc]

7. Nature can be brutal

on the stupid.

[Bob Dobbs]

10. Especially if she is pissed at the parasites that are eating her alive.

See: Anthropogenic Global Warming

[Lyric]

9. I've been seeing it a lot today while watching footage.

I understand that some people are too poor to leave, but taking your kids to the fucking coastline when the water is already breaching the seawall??? The local police need to take those kids away, at least temporarily, and get them the hell out of there. Children don't deserve to die because their parents are fucking morons.

[nonconformist]

11. I was watching that, too

It made my stomach hurt... seriously, I feel kind of sick. I really hope an official makes them get the fuck out of there.

[Bunny]

12. The reporter just said that the adult and child have left the seawall area.

Thank god for that.

[jayfish]

13. Check Out These Morans..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26643689/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/2/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26643689/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/3/

Unreal!

Jay

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. I wouldn't take such a risk as in that last pic.

:wow:

[jayfish]

17. Another Good One.

And about that second one; I can't believe people would risk their children with such glee.

Jay

[SammyWinstonJack]

40. Wow. I'd be terrified and running not walking.

:wow:

[FedUpWithIt All]

18. The situation on the news was like that but the child was half the size. Sick. n/t

[nonconformist]

16. Wow.... that last pic...

Unbelievable.

[TornadoTN]

22. These people are certifiable and unfit parents.

Period. If you want to be a fucking moron, do it to your own self. Give the kids a fighting chance.

[Dem_4_Life]

27. Idiots!

Her son doesn't look so happy about his mom's idiotic decision in the last pic.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26643689/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/3

[bdamomma]

30. that is just sick.

[Dukkha]

36. Darwinism at it's finest.

More idiots to be eliminated by natural selection of stupidity

[reggie the dog]

52. picture 17 in the first 21

one son taking a picture of mom and the other son as waves twice as high as them crash over the sea wall. No concern about being swept back over the wall by the current, no concern for rip currents once over the wall, and no concern about being bashed into the wall if they would have made it out of the rip current.

No concern from the smiling mother, but the kid looked scared. I am so glad my parents had common sense.

Photo 11 in the next 21 shows kids in Cuba doing nearly the same thing.

[FedUpWithIt All]

14. Update: The newscaster asked the on-site reporter if the officials made the adult and child leave.

She said the officials are not going down onto the beach. She did not see the two but did see an adult walking on the beach. I am putting out good thoughts that the child is moving to a safe place and that he/she survives his/her worthless parents ineptitude.

[jayfish]

20. Eyewitness: "Hundreds Of People On The Streets"...

"riding bikes" "Shocked at the number of people still around"

Jay

[glinda]

21. Should have gotten that last interview

Was she a Rapturist? A Republican?

[Regret My New Name]

31. Aren't most people in that area pretty damn religious right?

At least that is what I've been told by some.

[RB TexLa]

23. Yes, they should do as you think they should do. What assholes, to not do as you would.

[FedUpWithIt All]

24. Anyone who would unnecessarily risk the life of a helpless DEPENDANT is an asshole. Period.

Have a nice day.

:eyes:

[jayfish]

25. Right, And When They Are On Rooftops Begging For Help Or...

bloated face-down in the cess you'll be wringing your hands about how horrific it all is.

Jay

[Virginia Dare]

26. Michael Jackson dangling the baby out the window was okay with you too?

I'm amazed at the stuff people will defend around here.

[Fran Kubelik]

29. You are such an odd man.

[SammyWinstonJack]

39. Truly!

[nonconformist]

51. Watch it now...

Or he won't drink with you. :P

[Lyric]

37. Screw you. They can risk their own lives, but what gives them the right

to risk the life of a child who depends on them for safety?

I couldn't give a damn about the capable adults who had the chance to go and decided to stay. If they don't value their own lives, fine--their choice. But when we're talking about an innocent child, who is only in danger because his or her parent is a fucking selfish asshole, that's a whole 'nother ballgame.

Parents who deliberately put their children in great danger don't deserve to HAVE children. The police there should be scooping up kids and getting them out of harm's way, and to hell with any parents who protest. And if you had the chance to leave, but decided to stay (and force your kids to stay,) then if any of your children die in this storm, you should go the fuck to PRISON.

[Arugula Latte]

48. The child doesn't get a vote in the matter -- and that's okay to you?

Wow. You sound like a Ron Paul voter.

[malaise]

28. I saw that

but the kid looked as unconcerned as her folks.

[FedUpWithIt All]

32. Not in the film i was watching. The child looked to be no more taller than the parent's chest.

So what 8 or 9, at most (It was being filmed from quite a distance), and when the waves were coming in the child would twist way from the impact. Looked like the kid was not so happy about the massive amounts of water hitting them. The way the kid was moving reminded me of the kid in the car wash a few months back.

[jayfish]

35. My Eight Year Old Would Have My Head And...

my six year old would be carrying it to the car to GTF outta there.

[FedUpWithIt All]

43. Smart kids.

:hi:

Kids would instinctively KNOW that that situation could be a life or death. A little body cannot anchor itself against that water pressure in the same way that adult can. Just sad.

[mamalone]

42. The child probably trusted her parents...

thinking that if they were unconcerned then there was nothing for her to be worried about either. Poor little thing:(

[Sabriel]

33. Hurricanes don't exactly have a hands-off policy for children

The 1900 Galveston storm killed at least 90 children just in one orphanage alone.

http://www.1900storm.com/orphanage.lasso

(If you're looking for a really well-written book on that storm, try Isaac's Storm. It's riveting and horrific.)

[Name removed]

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[tpsbmam]

44. I know it's not the same but very upsetting to this animal lover.....

CNN just showed some two assholes on the beach in Galvaston with a SMALL dog on a leash (looked like maybe a Westie) and a HUGE wave came and completely engulfed the dog. I think it was okay.....the people, however, might want to have MRI's though to make sure they have fucking brains!! Some people are seriously too stupid and crass to exist.

[FedUpWithIt All]

46. Innocent, helpless and dependent in both cases.

Horrific either way. Little ones are just too valuable to take such risks.

[phusion]

45. The waves are already huge...

this is going to be bad for the coast... :(

[jayfish]

50. Is Anyone Still Watching That Channel?

They are interviewing people who refused to leave. True "Idiocracy" moment. Oh and BTW the surge hasn't even arrived yet.


Jay