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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't blame the parents but I hate all the people blaming the restaurant too. How long has it been operating without incident? Sometimes shitty things just happen. There isn't always someone to blame. Nevertheless I'm sure the poor restaurant will have to pay.[/quote]

Their insurance will pay, and they will need to do something so it doesn't happen again. Not blaming the parents, but a child needs to stay seated and remain seated in a restaurant. Put them a a booster seat strapped in.[/quote]

When the appeal of a restaurant is the view, a child walking up to the glass windows to look out is totally appropriate.

I generally agree that kids should stay seated in restaurants, but [b]there's a difference between walking through an almost empty restaurant to look out a window[/b], and running around wildly in a crowded situation.

I think the accident is no one's "fault".  I also think that the restaurant designers and owners were responsible for designing the restaurant in a way that crush injuries weren't possible.  If it's found that a faulty design, or a poorly designed or maintained stopping mechanism contributed, then I think it's appropriate for the restaurant and/or the design firm to pay.  Those kinds of lawsuits are what provides the incentive for corporations to prioritize safety.  [/quote]

The restaurant rotates - there's no need to walk around an look outside the windows.

There is no perfect design - life is inherently dangerous. But it requires people to exercise basic due diligence - in this case, the caretakers of a young child to take care of their young child. It doesn't exactly look like a "family friendly" or kid friendly restaurant. [/quote]

Again you're blaming the parents.  I wouldn't imagine that a 5 year old needed supervision when looking out a window, even or especially in a revolving restaurant.  Nor did these parents.

It may have been a freak accident.  It may be that the restaurant can redesign or fix the window to prevent a future accident from occurring.  [/quote]

[b]Yes, I'm absolutely blaming the parents. Doesn't mean that it was deliberate. Doesn't mean that they aren't going through immense pain. Doesn't mean that they should be punished[/b], as losing your child is punishment enough. Doesn't mean that I'm perfect, or that other parents are perfect.

But when you have a young child, you are responsible for their wellbeing. You are responsible for monitoring them. You are responsible for seeing risk where they cannot. Given that something like this has not happened in the restaurant's long existence, it's unlikely to really be a serious design flaw. The world is flawed by design - bottom line is that the parents should have been watching their child, especially at a restaurant that is clearly not designed specifically for kids. [/quote]

oh how very generous of you. you idiot.

watching your kids every single second is not normal, and is not possible. parents are responsible for foreseeable risks. this one was not foreseeable. [/quote]

Would you say the same if it was someone else who took the child to the restaurant? Other parents? A grandparent? Babysitter? A nanny? You'd still call it a completely unforeseeable freak accident, with no culpability?
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