EMU Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 oi, this kid drowned because her parents say she was searching for spongebob. how in the world did they know that she was looking for sponge bob? the kid soughta died so I find t hard to believe that they just *knew* that that was what she was doing. thus their imputus(sp?) to sue the show, which is most certainly not at fault! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedlit Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 [color=009966]I want to bust out laughing and start cheering that Spongebob's getting sued, but I can't because that poor little child died trying to find a demented sponge.... >.>;;[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.D. Ryoko Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 I never heard of this story till now. I really don`t like spongebob,he gives me nightmares.Anyway I think it is the parents fault. If their daughter couldn`t swim then why put her on a boat? I can`t swim and I won`t step foot on a boat with out a life jacket!Why didn`t the parents tell her that spongebob wasn`t real? Why didn`t they try and save her? Even though I don`t like SpongeBob,I don`t think that the parents should sue the show. What is wrong with some people these days? I feel sorry for that kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegeta rocker Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by EMU [/i] [B]oi, this kid drowned because her parents say she was searching for spongebob. how in the world did they know that she was looking for sponge bob? the kid soughta died so I find t hard to believe that they just *knew* that that was what she was doing. thus their imputus(sp?) to sue the show, which is most certainly not at fault! [/B][/QUOTE] Maybe she yelled Spongebob! While she sailed towards the water. I would sue them. For a crappy show, so bent on destroying ren and stimpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 [size=1][color=darkblue] I posted before, and I watched a few episodes with my sister since that. Now, if the kid was a big enough fan for the parents to recognise it, they would have seen the episode where it shows that the dumb squirrel character can't live in the water, because she is an 'earth' creature, and therefore Spongebob can't live in air, because he is a 'sea' creature. This is shown many time throughout various epidsodes. The parents are to blame, not good ol' Spongebob! Anyway, he is a sponge, he doesn't look anything like human. That's like saying the kid say a nature program and thought he/she was a god damn fish![/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hinata Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by kizu [/i] [B]This would have to be one of the worst lawsuits ever. It is just like that woman who sued Mcdonalds for making her son fat. Or a better example, a women in a department store sued because she tripped and hurt herself. The women tripped on her own child though. I think that it time that parents like that stop blaming other people for their mistakes. [/B][/QUOTE] I agree with you completely but this country is about Money, and the way the system is now, you can practically sue for anything. But people want to be compensated for everything that happens to them. If we look to see who really caused the problem then things will change, but until then. It's always gonna be like this!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sui Generis Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Thats so pathetic its almost funny.....well it is funny in a sadistic ironic sorta way. I can't believe that the parents didn't help her anyways...Its the parents fault. They should've explained to the girl that cartoons are just for enjoyment, that (I know as disappointing as it is) they aren't real. The basis of the lawsuit is really stupid. If they win that'll just prove how pathetic the law system really is getting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Fett Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 [COLOR=green]As stupid as this lawsuit is, you never know... If a lady can sue McDonalds for serving coffee hot, than anything can happen.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yu Yu Hakusho! Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 OMG....I remember THAT one Boba....totally stupid. Figures though. Americans gotta blame SOMEONE for something they did. And I'm an American. Think about it coming from me. But it's true, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkOtaku Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 I agree with everyone here, this is disgraceful. A poor, innocent child dies because the parents are daydreaming. It seems to me that many parents of the new generation care less and less for their kids. It's so sad to realize this. I am so thankful my parents care for me so very much. As for the "spongebob" aspect, the show is harmless. Spongebob makes me laugh whenever I watch it. I think it's a pretty illogical but creative idea for a program of that calibur, and I respect it. People are so greedy for money its not funny. That they would even [I]think[/I] of blaming a program of horrible atrocities appauls me. Money is such an evil object in the wrong hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 [size=1]I'm sorry, but that is just sick.[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan L Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 I actually fail to see the funny side. I mean, sure.. if no-one died, maybe it might have been slightly amusing (but I doubt it). but then, if no-one died, you guys would probably never have heard about this. Young kids generally have a very loose grasp of reality as it is.. You can tell them that TV isn't real all you want- they aren't necessarily going to believe you. You guys all seem so eager to blame someone. Just shut up. I'd put an expletive in there too but it's not my personal way of doing things. It's obviously not entirely the kid's fault.. if she had any perspective on reality she wouldn't have done that. So some of you now want to blame the parents. They were there too, so they seem the natural target. The truth is that you know [b]NOTHING[/b] about what happened. You can't possibly keep your eye on a kid the WHOLE time as some of you seem to be suggesting, and unfortunately these things don't normally happen slowly. The kid probably didn't announce that she was going after spongebob, stroll slowly over to the side of the boat and jump in, while her parents said "yes dear, just be back before midnight". What's far more likely is that the kid said for a while before she jumped in that spongebob was probably down there, and jumped in to prove it after her parents told her he wasn't real. When someone challenges your personal belief, don't you try to prove it? It's bad enough that these guys lost a child, let alone that every goes around blaming them for the child's death. And of course, since they were probably the first ones to blame, for most people, they wanted to shift it onto someone else, which is a perfectly natural thing when you feel blameless about something, so they try to pass the blame onto the producers of the show that made their kid jump in the water. At the same time, the lawyers presenting that case will be after money, so they're unlikely to object due to the fact that the company is not to blame (look at some other law cases and you'll see what I mean). The company never actually intented to make kids drown by producing the show, and they couldn't possibly have thought that some kids would actually do it, but still according to Endymion they stated themselves that you can't breathe underwater. My points are: 1- Just because someone died, doesn't mean someone should be blamed.. so stop trying to 2- How anyone can find it funny when a life is lost, I'll never know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subversive Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 This is typical, get some money for freak accident that is no ones fault but our own. I feel sorry for the girl, to have such bad parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 my idea is ITS THE PARENTS FUALT any parent Should have had.... A LIFE JACKET ON THE KID... gosh... people these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eleanor Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 Well, uh, I'm kinda hoping that the sue will be sucessful since I DESPISE that show... ::gets beat up:: But anyways, it WAS the parent's fault. Who knows, maybe they planned it or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subversive Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by anime_gurl [/i] [B]Well, uh, I'm kinda hoping that the sue will be sucessful since I DESPISE that show... [/B][/QUOTE] *Gasp* WhaT?! Wow, someone who actually dislikes are sponge friend. And yes, they kid should have had a life jacket on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShinje Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Deus Ex Machina is right, now that I think about it. There is nothing funny about the death of a child woth her whole life ahead of her, I have always agreed on that part. But when I raced in to judge the parents without even truly knowing the full story past what OB members said here was hearsay, and it was wrong. From now on, I will do a little reasearch before opening my mouth. thanks DEM, you put a new perspective on it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devidramon Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 People always need a scapegoat, and that scapegoat?s usually the entertainment industry. I?ve watched Power Rangers from pretty much day one (I was nine or ten when it first came out) and was I overtaken with the insatiable urge to go beat people up with karate moves? Umm...... NO. I was also a big fan of Mario. I watched The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, and I [i]wanted[/i] to believe that Mario and Luigi were real... but I didn?t jump down any manholes in hopes of finding the Warp Zone and entering Mushroom Land. People don?t want to admit that their dear little angel might in fact be bad, (when what the kid is doing is something wrong. I don?t mean this situation, I mean TV scapegoating in general.) or that they (the parents) might have fallen short somewhere, so whenever something happens, is it ever their fault or the kid?s fault? No, it?s TV, rap music, basketball players, video games, et cetera. It?s sad that those things happen, and it?s said that this happened, and what happened with the Charizard kid is also sad, and anyone who can find a child?s death funny is beyond sick and pathetic, but it?s not up to TV producers in California or Vancouver or wherever to keep an eye on kids and grab them if they?re getting too close to the edge. Though I don?t know what happened, so maybe the parents [i]couldn?t[/i] do anything, and I know they didn?t just stand idly by and say ?Oh, look, dear, our kid?s gasping for air and clutching helplessly at the surface, eh, who cares, you wanna go watch TV?? I do know that, once again, unless they purposely encourage it (which they didn?t) it?s not the responsibility of TV producers to keep an eye on kids worldwide and prevent this sort of thing. Accidents happen and it?s tragic but there isn?t always some evil person who maliciously caused them, and all that kids do wrong is not the intertainment industry?s fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subversive Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by S@bretooth [/i] [B]Deus Ex Machina is right, now that I think about it. There is nothing funny about the death of a child woth her whole life ahead of her, I have always agreed on that part. But when I raced in to judge the parents without even truly knowing the full story past what OB members said here was hearsay, and it was wrong. From now on, I will do a little reasearch before opening my mouth. thanks DEM, you put a new perspective on it for me. [/B][/QUOTE] True, my friend, True. I think we all do this a little. I do it moreso in real life when speaking, for I can catch myself sometimes at the keyboard. Although, you'll still see me type some pretty stupid suff:drunk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan L Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by S@bretooth [/i] [B]thanks DEM, you put a new perspective on it for me. [/B][/QUOTE] heh.. thanks.. I actually thought I was being a bit harsh on everyone.. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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