British Girl Dies from Imitating TV Cartoon

[APH-Alex]

Its gotta be the HDTV's fault. If the image werent so sharp, they wouldnt be able to tell it was around the neck

True dat. We need to ban all HDTVs from society, and burn all existing ones. They are a threat to human safety, damn you to hell 1080p, DAMN YOU!!

[zeroday]

Sound like a freak accident then trying to imitate the show. Sad though :(

The parents themselves are not calling for anything to be banned, its gonna be people who want to sell a story that will do that.

Only in America Britain

Its gotta be the HDTV's fault. If the image werent so sharp, they wouldnt be able to tell it was around the neck

Stop trying to be witty. It isn't working.

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

This is sad, but really its the parents fault. They should be keeping a watch on the kid.

Off topic but, I hate seeing kids walking behind their parents at the mall, no wonder why so many kids are missing. There's a lot of parents who shouldn't be, and age doesn't take part in this, i've seen 30-40 year olds let their kids wander. Shame!

Its gotta be the HDTV's fault. If the image werent so sharp, they wouldnt be able to tell it was around the neck

LOL! Funny, but bad.

[spacer]

Yet every parent knows, you can never watch your kid 24/7.... do you watch them sleep? I doubt it... just this past week a 2 year old boy wondered out of bed at night out into the cold and froze to death... are the parents at fault?

Uh, actually yes I can say that parent was at fault. We baby proofed my house what I had youngins running around, and so could she. You buy safety door knobs (plastic covers for the knobs so you have to squeeze them a certain way in order to open the door), cabinet door locks, you lock the door. There are plenty of ways that parent could have prevent the child from getting outside. I didn't read about any safety measures taken by the mother in the "kid walking outside" article, so from the information presented to me, that mother was at fault.

But you're right about one thing, you cannot watch your childen 24/7. No parent will watch their children sleeping through the whole night. However, when they're sleeping is about the only time they should be unsupervised. There is no reason, none what so ever, why that girl should have been playing in her room by herself at age 4.

These recent child deaths are nothing short of horrible and tragic; but, they also could have been avoided if the parents were more diligent.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Bet she won't do that again

[xcopmanx]

Bet she won't do that again

That's terrible!!!

Anyways, the parents should have been watching her, obviously...but you cannot watch a child 24/7 at the same time. It's hindsight. Sometimes these things just happen, it's quite sad.

[Brandon]

Bet she won't do that again

That made me laugh more then my own comments

[Hum]

Everything happens for a reason, and it was her time to go.

No reason to blame TV, animators, or parents. ;)

[Zab]

why in the world did the cartoon have him with that around his neck? are these animators idiots?....

Because they are realists.

Only in the whole world....

The animators showed the boy swinging around with a rope around his neck and body... comon dont tell me they arn't at fault also... they tried to show that was able to work when it wasn't... they know better... yes parents should be watching their kids but unless you have kids you know you can't watch them 24/7.... Cartoons for young kids shouldn't show bad things that could harm them... even loony tunes wasn't intended for young kids, it was more for the upper kid age range... this show is intended for 2 to 6 year olds..

I do remember watching loony tunes around age 3-10. along with:

Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Spiderman, Superman, (holy Sh*t my memories gone) Power Rangers, i forget the rest. But let me assure you i did not ever not watch a violent show / suggestive show for hurting / doing crazy stupid stuff!

it doesn't matter what age somethings geared for tv shouldn't have such an effect on your child's life that they take their own!

Yet every parent knows, you can never watch your kid 24/7.... do you watch them sleep? I doubt it... just this past week a 2 year old boy wondered out of bed at night out into the cold and froze to death... are the parents at fault? You cant tell me they are... are the parents supose to lock their kid in their room with bubble wrapped corners and nothing that could possibly in any way hurt the kid?

Umm i had a bunk bed.... i think i tried hanging myself once a week and christ if my mom wasn't so quick i would of managed, (she got lucky :p )

actually... we have lots of large vines in the woods behind our house... we just to do that... just we never put it around our necks!

um again multiple times around the neck, i don't get it! I must of put more plastic bags over my head than there were in the mall on xmas eve! It seems that no matter how many times my parents told me not to do something cause it was dangerous and I did it and I always Survived.

That includes diving into shallow pools, Jumping / falling from 2 story tall trees, playing with sticks, throwing rocks, eating dirt, pretending to hang myself, playing dangerously on jungle jim, jumping down stairs, climbing cupboards, climbing fences, playing in construction sites, climbing shed, etc etc etc etc!

Bet she won't do that again

I giggled my heart out

Edited January 5, 2008 by Zab

[randomnut]

The thing is kids DO imitate what they see on TV, especially at that age. I remember when Power Rangers first came out you would see kids in the park playing imitating what they saw, practically having huge brawls but laughing about it after, or playing Ninja Turtles and doing the same thing. It's what kids do, it's just a shame this has been the result of it.

Depending on how the scene was portrayed in the cartoon, I don't think anyone is to blame, it's just a very sad accident.

[examiner]

Bet she won't do that again

jeez - you're f**kin' hysterical... ever thought of doing your own stand-up show? Perhaps one day you'll lose a child - just think of the material for jokes you could get then!! ######.