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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess they should have other signs too. In front of all the vegetation warning of water moccasins and rattlesnakes. Bats at night?

It is easy to lay blame. It is easy to say "If they'd only posted a sign".  Random, senseless events add disorder to a world we try to make well ordered and predictable and therefore presumably more secure. [b]But face it, had there been a sign, chances are better than even the kid would have been right where he was.[/b] Not because of neglect, dad would have diligently looked to see if there were a gator there. And it is very very unlikely that he would have seen a gator lurking in that vegetation swimming toward shore at dusk. [/quote]

Had there been a sign about gators, people would still have let their small children near the water?  You have a poor opinion of the intelligence of rest of the country and a poor opinion of parents' desire to protect their children.  I'm sure there still would be boneheads feeding alligators, but at least the parents of small children would have been warned.[/quote]

There WAS a warning. 
It said "No Swimming." 
It doesn't matter if the "no swimming" is because of potential amoebas or because they are worried about drowning or because of alligators or if it's because Disney is just mean and doesn't want people to enjoy the lake.

It's private property.  The owners say "no swimming" and people need to follow the rules.   Period.   [/quote]
They were not swimming. If the sign said "do not enter the water" the risk may have been clearer. "No swimming" for most implies there's no
Lifeguard, so do not swin. Not "do not enter the water" because there's are dangers lurking.[/quote]

Semantics.    The two year old would not have to be doing freestyle laps for it to be considered "swimming."
It's like when kids try to antagonize their siblings by getting centimeters from them and saying "I'm no touching you!"   That was the game these parents were playing "We're not swimming!"  and they lost.[/quote]

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