Reply to 2 Year Old Dragged into Water by Gator at Disney Resort

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "2 Year Old Dragged into Water by Gator at Disney Resort"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are signs in the Lake that says "no swimming"[/quote]

Yup. And they're spaced pretty closely apart - like 20 feet? You can see 2 signs in this picture.

[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/15/13/354D82C300000578-3642167-The_child_had_been_paddling_with_his_parents_and_four_year_old_s-a-14_1465992068960.jpg[/img][/quote]

You know what I don't see on this sign?  "Gators in water.  Beware."[/quote]

Really?  You must be either a lawyer or an Clinton supporter (definition of what "is" is)...

Gators are mobile and come and go from lakes all over Florida looking for food.  No swimming means don't go into the water![/quote]

Ha! I am neither!  Not a lawyer and a lifelong Republican.

You know what else I am:  SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW GATOR PRACTICES.  So if I see a sign telling me not to swim, I don't swim.  But I might wade.  Because the sign didn't say anything about gators.  About which I know little.  [/quote]

I was just saying to a friend, two years ago, I probably would have waded, too. I moved to Florida a year and a half ago, and now I look at that body of water and see all the indicia of alligators (except the warning sign, that you'd expect here), so I'd know to stay out. Two years ago I probably woul have had no idea. I'd have waded, or let my dog wade (if dogs were allowed). I wouldn't have thought twice seeing a kid wade. And a "steep dropoff" sign wouldn't have scared me because I'm a good swimmer - so I might even have taken a dip.

Now I know better. But that's only because I live in Florida and have gotten used to things here. Tourists? It seems profoundly stupid to have an inviting body of water and not give better warnings about why they should stay out of it.[/quote]

That area in the picture doesn't even exist anymore. [/quote]

I grew up in Georgia and this type of lagoon pond you NEVER FUCKING GO IN. That thing looks sketch as hell and all manner of bacteria, bug, water snake and gator are in that water and Disney can't do a damn thing about it. Because nature's gonna nature. I've never been to Disney but if I went I would have zero notions of entering that kind of muck pond. Can't believe people do. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics