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We have no intrinsic right to be safe. The world in which we live remains, in places, very dangerous indeed. We go to those places at our peril, regardless of how gussied up they may be. Being unaware of the risks, or discounting the risks of approaching a body of water in gator country, can obviously have some pretty dire consequences.
We are seeing this more and more as detached urbanites venture ever more into these dangerous places. Look at the increase in injuries and deaths in places like Yellowstone, from getting gored by a bison who doesn't want to be in your selfie to getting boiled in a bubbling cauldron after wandering over 200 yards off of the "safe" viewing point.
Nobody should have to tell these people they are at risk, and nobody else should be held responsible for their ignorance of the risk. Harsh words, but this whole tragedy is on the family. They have no right to blame anyone else. I just hope the poor little guy didn't suffer.
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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