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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Well, okay, but seriously. These people are paying to enjoy the accommodations of a resort. You're not supposed to go in the pools at night, but that doesn't mean that a reasonable person would assume that they have electrified the pool so that anyone who touches the water is electrocuted, or that you'll be gunned down by security for trespassing. I mean, it's nice to let your guests know when the penalty for violating the rules is death, versus getting yelled at.[/quote]

Exactly-"paying to enjoy the accommodations of a resort."  The resort made it quite clear that swimming/wading in the lagoons was NOT an accommodation.   They apparently thought the rules didn't apply to THEM.   Their child paid a steep price for his parents sense of entitlement.[/quote]

The sign didn't specify wading, did it? Or being near the edge of the water? The alligator didn't even need to be in the water at all to grab a child close to the edge. You sound almost gleeful that these parents lost their child.[/quote]

Again---just like the kids that antagonize their siblings with "I'm not touching you!"--these parents "We're not swimming!"   Rules don't apply to them, as far as they are concerned.
I'm not "gleeful" and don't think I sound that way.   I'm actually angry that an innocent child paid the price of his parents sense of entitlement.[/quote]

You seem insanely rigid. If your kids do the "I'm not touching" thing, do you rip their arm off? Throw them out of the car? A reasonable person could assume that wading is not swimming and that the penalty for letting your child wade in a Disney lake while watching fireworks is not watching them be dragged off and drowned by an alligator. And guess what, Disney agrees and will pay a huge settlement to this family.[/quote]

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