Mum Tweeted as medics battled to save son.
The Snakes
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What a disgusting story. Sites like Twitter and facebook are contributing to the downfall of western society IMO.
What a disgusting story. Sites like Twitter and facebook are contributing to the downfall of western society IMO.
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No they're not, they're just giving the lunatics and egomaniacs a place to roost.
Woman discovers her son drowning, asks people to pray - yes that's the downfall of western society right there.
I guess everyone is different. When a friend of mine was injured, and required an ambulance, I was so panicked I couldn't even remember my own phone number. How this mother could compose herself enough to tweet her son's death, is beyond me, frankly.
Her behaviour was wrong but that has nothing to do with the silly comment at the end of your post!
Good grief. You must be in a constant state of anxiety. Some people used to say the phone was ruining society, after it came into common use.
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Thats a bit harsh, excited effectively about her dying son?? :eek:
TBH I can think of a million things to be doing whilst my kid is dying, Tweeting would be the last thing on my mind.
I wonder if she played a few games of Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook too. I wouldn't put it past this sort of....the only word I can think of is retarded, people.
Half an hour is pretty immediate if we're talking about the death of your child. I will acknowledge that grief does strange things to people, but I still think it was inappropriate, to say the least.
We don't even know the woman, and how you can say she was 'excited about having drama to post about' is pretty sick tbh.
Can't believe her son has just died, and all the focus is on the fact she tweeted about it.:rolleyes:
Facebooking or tweeting would be the last thing in the world I would want to do after something as traumatic as that :eek:
Agree with both.
At the time she posted it she was absolutely powerless to help her child, why shouldn't she ask people to pray?
I think people need to accept that this sort of thing is only going to become more and more common, I don't see why people get so irrate about it.
I could see the issue if she had done it before calling the ambulance but clearly that wasn't the case.
Top ten of the million things you'd be doing while the medics are trying to save your child's life then please.
Indeed. I think people are confusing the means with the end. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a (presumably religious) woman asking people to pray for her dying son. In a period of enforced inactivity (because really, what could one do except cry and pray?) she used the means at hand to ask for more prayers. I don't believe especially in the power of prayer myself, but if I did, and thought the more prayers, the more powerful, I can imagine doing the same.