I have read many replies and I am shocked. I realize everyone is titled to their opinion but we really need to love one another and have compassion. We are all human and MAKE MISTAKES. Some mistakes cost peoples LIVES. With that said.. I am sure there have been times I have gone or done things and I wasnt as prepared as I should have been. SO, if I was to die ... does that make me a stupid person?? You can never plan for the unexpected. Have some sympathy for one another. Its a very sad story...and if you have lost someone in your life before...you would understand the pain that these families are going through.
2006-12-21 01:56:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I agree with you. I think this is a very hard time for those families especially being the holidays. There are so many things that I wish I hadn't done in my life, but I can't go back and redo them. I have to learn and move on. These guys can't move on, but maybe someone else can learn a lesson from them. If those families were in front of me I'd hug them and tell them I was sorry for their loss.
I also think that those people being so rude would act differently if it was there family member on that mountain.
2006-12-21 04:18:42 · answer #1 · answered by Beautib 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you hit the nail on the head. Many people who answer questions don't actually have life experience to relate to. Therefore, they have no sympathy or empathy. Even some with life experience tend to close their hearts to other earth residents, I believe, as a defence mechanism. But, I do not believe we should judge so harshly as many people seem to do these days. We are all human, none is perfect, we all make mistakes.....why not think the best of someone rather than the worst.
If the families of the men who died on Mt. Hood were in front of me: Put my arms around them, say I truely understand as I have had close family die, and ask (sincerely) if I could ease their burden in some way, offer to cook and clean for them so they could get on with arranging the funerals, and just be handy as a shoulder to cry on.
Whatever I could do, I would not say to them: "It was the climbers time to die" " They are in a better place" "God took them" of any of the other pat answers. Let the family talk when they need to. Don't say anything....LISTEN...be there....show empathy.
2006-12-21 11:11:25 · answer #2 · answered by Nepetarias 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, my heart goes out to them. It is a tragic, terrible loss of three husbands and great guys. But if they were alive today and you asked them, I'm sure each one would say- we were stupid.
They knew better than to do what they did. Maybe they had done it before and were a little cocky, but you can't tempt fate-
And btw, that doesn't really take anything away from them- they died doing something they enjoyed doing, and in NO WAY does the manner of their death belittle them or their families.
2006-12-21 10:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by Lane 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Who am I to break those families heart? On the other hand, Who am I to keep the families hoping for a miracle? God works in wonderful ways and this incident happened for a reason. Tragedy nonetheless.
2006-12-21 10:04:25 · answer #4 · answered by RoRo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a terrible thing to have happened and the families have my prayers. I understand what they are going thru. They have a hard time ahead of them.
2006-12-21 12:59:32 · answer #5 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amen, I have said it here half a dozen times, and I say it again, I much rather spend my tax dollars truing to rescue these men, then waste them in Iraq.
2006-12-21 21:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋