Cruise Ship Lawsuit & Today Show

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I watched that interview and I sobbed. I think there’s a lot motivating the lawsuit. Heartbreak, denial of the grandfather’s role in this, feelings of anger that are easier to place on a large corporation than a beloved family member, a feeling of hopelessness and need to hold someone accountable, etc.

Their lawyer is a life raft while they are drowning in grief. He is telling them what they want to hear.

I can’t possibly judge this family. RC will be fine based on the fact most people think it was grandpa’s fault anyway. I don’t really think the public at large is outraged at RC. The cruise line will be fine.

This family though is living a nightmare and will be for a long time. Let’s have some compassion even if we don’t agree with the lawsuit.

I can be companionate about thier loss but nuisance lawsuits have negative effects for all. I do not want the world wrapped in a bubble with warning labels.

1000x this. They should have called Disney family’s lawyer. Their issue settled quietly, with dignity and without fanfare.

[Anonymous]

Who knew DCUM would be so protective of Royal Caribbean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who knew DCUM would be so protective of Royal Caribbean?

NP. People suing over their own stupidity makes the world less fun and more expensive for reasonable people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who knew DCUM would be so protective of Royal Caribbean?

Come on. There are tons of grieving families in the world. They don’t all go on the Today show and announce they are suing. Bode Miller isn’t suing their friend for having a backyard pool.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if the whole family is sort of crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who knew DCUM would be so protective of Royal Caribbean?

NP. People suing over their own stupidity makes the world less fun and more expensive for reasonable people.

Seriously.
Why don't we just plexiglass the world. Because if there is a balcony, a railing or an open window it might be possible to lift a child up and to their death.

[Anonymous]

I wish the parents would just drop all of this and grieve without doing publicity and a ridiculous lawsuit. Growing up, there was a family in my town who filed a ridiculous lawsuit after the death of their kid. They settled for some amount. During this process, they had support of friends and families who did the normal support when someone loses a loved one. But privately, people were pretty horrified by their actions. When all was said and done they lost pretty much their entire support system outside immediate family.

So I feel bad for the family because of their loss. And I feel bad that they are so much in denial and so money hungry that people have terrible views.of them. Because when they get however much money they get at the end, they will still have to grieve. And the likely will have no support system.left because of their behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Somebody needs to be honest with the parents and tell them that doing interviews, suing RC is not going to help them grieve. It's just delaying it through deflection, and making their grief worse.

I'm surprised they even interviewed given it is an active law suit. I guess they're trying to make RC "guilty by the media" before it even goes to settlement.

[Anonymous]

if they convince the viewing public, then they can remove any doubt that they had about what really happened. they know who is to blame, but the lawyer gave them an out and they are taking it. I actually dont blame them. it isn't right, but they are doing what they can to protect grandpa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who knew DCUM would be so protective of Royal Caribbean?

Come on. There are tons of grieving families in the world. They don’t all go on the Today show and announce they are suing. Bode Miller isn’t suing their friend for having a backyard pool.

That is an excellent comparison. And really demonstrates how awful these people really are.

[Anonymous]

Just read the transcript of their interview. They sound insane. They assign zero responsibility to the grandfather for lifting her up. Zero. They say there are “a million things RC could have done to prevent this.” Well, there is one simple obvious thing he could have done. NOT lift her up there in the first place.

Their situation is heartbreaking, and I get they don’t want it to be his fault, but that doesn’t make it not his fault. Their interview makes them sound not smart at all.

[Anonymous]

They remind me of the parents that wanted their kid to see the animals at the zoo a bit better and then oops. In with the lion or the gorilla.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who knew DCUM would be so protective of Royal Caribbean?

Come on. There are tons of grieving families in the world. They don’t all go on the Today show and announce they are suing. Bode Miller isn’t suing their friend for having a backyard pool.

That is an excellent comparison. And really demonstrates how awful these people really are.

... and in the backyard pool example the child at least fell in. In the ship window case, someone picked up the child and essentially threw her out a high window.

And if she wanted to "bang on the glass" (which already tells me a lot about the parents) then there's literally a ceiling to FLOOR window... they didn't need to pick her up to the open part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody needs to be honest with the parents and tell them that doing interviews, suing RC is not going to help them grieve. It's just delaying it through deflection, and making their grief worse.

I'm surprised they even interviewed given it is an active law suit. I guess they're trying to make RC "guilty by the media" before it even goes to settlement.

They're trying to garner sympathy precisely because the courtroom of public opinion/social media is against them. Everyone thinks the grandfather is to blame. Nobody blames the cruise line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who knew DCUM would be so protective of Royal Caribbean?

Come on. There are tons of grieving families in the world. They don’t all go on the Today show and announce they are suing. Bode Miller isn’t suing their friend for having a backyard pool.

That is an excellent comparison. And really demonstrates how awful these people really are.

... and in the backyard pool example the child at least fell in. In the ship window case, someone picked up the child and essentially threw her out a high window.

And if she wanted to "bang on the glass" (which already tells me a lot about the parents) then there's literally a ceiling to FLOOR window... they didn't need to pick her up to the open part.

Ignoring the whole open window question, do you really think it is a good idea to bang on a glass window 11 floors up? A boat is not a hockey rink.