King Ghidorah
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Post by King Ghidorah on Nov 5, 2013 13:49:35 GMT -5
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SOR
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Post by SOR on Nov 5, 2013 13:56:17 GMT -5
Although I feel a lot of the posts here are going to talk about how much of a dick the Cop is. I think the Officer may have tazed the man so it wasn't 2 dead people instead of one.
Obviously the fire was way too strong even for the fire fighter in full gear. If a man runs in there to save his kid it's most likely 2 people gone.
Very sad story but that Police Officer probably saved the fathers life by tazing him.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Nov 5, 2013 13:58:14 GMT -5
This is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. If the flames were too hot for a full gear firefighter, then the dude would have most likely died going back into the building, and if he did you can bet your ass that the police would have caught flack for letting the guy go in.
There was no "right" choice to make in this situation. The police however did make the choice that saved more lives.
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Post by Goldenbane on Nov 5, 2013 14:05:33 GMT -5
Yeah, as sad as I am to hear about the death of a 3 year old, the police saved the life of the father. He needs to mourn his loss and help his family heal. If fully prepared fire fighters couldn't get to the boy, he had no chance either. Tragic.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Nov 5, 2013 14:10:30 GMT -5
Don't read the comments on that story it will drive you mad
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Post by Toxik916 on Nov 5, 2013 14:18:08 GMT -5
f***ed up situation, but one death is better than two. The cops did the right thing here, sometimes people need protection from themselves. This guy was obviously not thinking clearly in the heat of the moment, no pun intended.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Nov 5, 2013 14:20:48 GMT -5
If this happened before the Fire Department arrived then I side against the cop. They didn't know that the fire was too hot for a firefighter in full gear yet. If it happened after the Fire Department arrived and said it was too hot, and the man tried to go in anyway then the cop did the right thing.
But not being there how can we really judge. The cop may have seen plenty of fires and known there was no way for the guy to make it, and acted to stop the man from making a fatal mistake.
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Goldenbane
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Post by Goldenbane on Nov 5, 2013 14:21:56 GMT -5
Don't read the comments on that story it will drive you mad *Note to self, take Room Temperature's advice from now on. Will keep you from being driven mad.
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Post by Lazy peon on Nov 5, 2013 14:29:44 GMT -5
Don't read the comments on that story it will drive you mad Don't tell me what to do! *reads comments* f*** ME
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Nov 5, 2013 14:32:46 GMT -5
f***ed up situation, but one death is better than two. The cops did the right thing here, sometimes people need protection from themselves. This guy was obviously not thinking clearly in the heat of the moment, no pun intended. Quite. Hopefully the family will come to realise this in time and forgive the officer in question.
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Post by Wolfman Rose on Nov 5, 2013 14:51:01 GMT -5
Don't read the comments on that story it will drive you mad Oh please, can't be that ba... ....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 14:59:34 GMT -5
Don't read the comments on that story it will drive you mad I love how there is one guy trying to bring logic into the comments and he's just getting over ran by the crazies.
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wisdomwizard
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Post by wisdomwizard on Nov 5, 2013 15:35:17 GMT -5
Don't read the comments on that story it will drive you mad I love how there is one guy trying to bring logic into the comments and he's just getting over ran by the crazies. That just makes me want to read the comments. I don't think I can heed the warnings any longer......
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Post by wisdomwizard on Nov 5, 2013 15:44:19 GMT -5
Okay, I just checked and it's now TWO guys trying to bring logic over there.
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The QC Loser
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Post by The QC Loser on Nov 5, 2013 16:06:15 GMT -5
With the comments I find with some of them saying "MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN" after reading it helps.
Also if I was the father I'd thank the police for stopping me from doing something stupid in a situation where I obviously wasn't in my right mind. Decisions made in the heat of the moment on pure emotion are rarely good ones.
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Post by Bootista on Nov 5, 2013 16:13:18 GMT -5
Yeah, As much As I feel terrible that his kid was dead, Police saved his life, I'm sure in time he will forgive the Officer
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Post by salsashark on Nov 5, 2013 16:54:49 GMT -5
This'll be the unpopular opinion here, but I'm on the father's side as his right to choose. I'm not entirely sure I would have done this myself in this situation, but I know my father (for one example) would have done anything to try to save me if I was dying. If the father dies, he at least died knowing he was with his child that he obviously cared about so much. This man should have been allowed the right to die.
Would it have been terrible for his family afterward? Absolutely, but I think making the father suffer a lifetime of mental and emotional torture that he's probably left with is far worse for him than letting him die a relatively quick death, and then the family moving on from that.
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Post by Piccolo on Nov 5, 2013 16:57:39 GMT -5
It sounds like the officer basically took the hit, knowing the kid was going to die, to preserve both the father's life and his peace of mind. The officer becomes the bad guy in order for the father's sacrificial love to be unassailable without him actually making that ultimate sacrifice.
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Post by salsashark on Nov 5, 2013 16:57:58 GMT -5
This is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. If the flames were too hot for a full gear firefighter, then the dude would have most likely died going back into the building, and if he did you can bet your ass that the police would have caught flack for letting the guy go in. The amount of flak the cop(s) would have received from their superiors for letting the dad go in is a f***ing atom compared to the lifetime of mental misery this dad is going to go through. There is absolutely no comparison at all.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Nov 5, 2013 17:08:26 GMT -5
This is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. If the flames were too hot for a full gear firefighter, then the dude would have most likely died going back into the building, and if he did you can bet your ass that the police would have caught flack for letting the guy go in. The amount of flak the cop(s) would have received from their superiors for letting the dad go in is a f***ing atom compared to the lifetime of mental misery this dad is going to go through. There is absolutely no comparison at all. Spare me the sob story. It is the police's job to protect and save lives. They saved the man from himself. One life lost is better than two lives lost, which is what would have happened if they let him go back in. And buddy, I wasn't talking about them getting flack from their superiors. I meant the public. They would have been bitched at regardless of the action they took. They took the action to prevent more loss of life.
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