What this kid was doing is pretty far from "swimming" and was not in violation of the rule on the posted sign.

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This

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GO BEARS!!!

Usually when you get called out for stuff like this. Or when you intentionally post false shit about me and get called out for it.

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The duty isn't as high since we are talking about public property, but I do believe they have a duty to warn if there is a history of attacks or if there is a shark sighting in the area that they are aware of. I believe many beaches, if not all, do this already. A quick google search reveals many pictures of shark warning signs at countless different beaches.

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WTF?

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Doug approved?

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Seacrest... you are shitty as fuck at accepting a little ball busting.
I told you several times that I was making light of the bigfan situation in the what the hell is wrong with Seacrest thread but you got all things skinned and whiney about it and unknowingly did precisely what I was trying to parody bigfan about in that thread.

There are just some folks you can't really bust their chops even though they love doing it themselves. You're one of those types.

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Stop saying the kid was swimming. He drowned so its pretty clear he wasnt swimming.

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Thin skinned my ass. You are full of shit here, just like you were then.

Go back to telling Daytona swimming tales Mr. thick skinned. Some of the funniest shit I've read here in a while.

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I saw a show during shark week that identified Daytona as one of the world's most dangerous beaches in terms of shark attacks... like top 5 iirc. I thought it was interesting cause last time I was there there was not one sign or flag or anything and it turns out was within a couple months of an attack.

I see your point on the public property thing but what bothers me is that a lot more people will be injured or killed on public property than at Disney in Florida from these types of things.

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Boom!

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Daytona swimming tales... ok.
My wife's brother and I went swimming at Daytona a few days after Katrina occured... learning more about sharks that was a really dangerous time to be on the beach as for days and weeks after a hurricane sharks are much more aggressive and confused.

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Typical liberal, hating job creators.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

This was good. Like really good.

We should be friends.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It shouldn't matter. No swimming means they don't want you in the water for some reason.

If the kid had slipped and drowned would we suddenly blame the parents?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

This is also the first time it has happened in the history of the park, with millions of kids being all around.

What other signs should they have to warns of dangers that have literally never been a danger?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I think I speak for everyone here, including shakes...I'm glad you are safe.

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There is a fraction of blame to be assigned to the parents I think. I'm not a parent so I don't know exactly but I understand children can literally drown in three inches of water... so I imagine that my toddler would be in physical contact with me as he toddler in ankle deep water.
It's odd to me that a toddler would be allowed to be in a foot of water in the dark without a parent holding his or her hand or right there. The story I read said the parent jumped in after the kid... meaning there weren't right there.

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Thanks. You're a peach.

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Dressed like Captain Hook. Amirite?

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Lawyering is predominantly semantics manipulation. This is pretty simple to me, and anyone taking the side of Disney is just trolling for debate. The sign said no swimming. The sign did not say no standing in water, nor did it say there are prehistoric killing machines lurking in the water. Basically, the lack of specificity, and seemingly negligent environment will be scrutinized by the family's lawyer.

There are 1.25 million estimated alligators in Florida. I'm sure that population has only multiplied since Hachetman was skinny dipping in the lakes down there. They are a menace, but fried gator meat really does taste good.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/things-to-know-about-florida-alligators/

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I have no idea how close or far away the dad was but the last thing most 2 year olds will do is hold your hand near water. If I were at a Disney resort on a man made beach with no swimming signs, I could see myself being 5 ft or so away from my 3rd child that is wandering around or maybe throwing rocks/sand in the water at 9:30 at night. That does not make me a bad person or stupid. I know there are alligators in Florida. I did not know there were ones on Disney properties.

as has been covered in this thread and in the articles posted, there has recently been a change in the environment with new bungalows close to the water and guests feeding them. Article posted cited workers claiming they had warned their bosses of increasing alligator activity.

Also, just because something hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't. You don't get a get out of jail free card the first time you're negligent.




any that are foreseeable.

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Common sense nothing.

Welcome back, Sini.

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I know one thing. It will never happen again. Cuz ain't nobody going near the water at this resort again. So good of them to put up the signs now. But they got the message out without them.

yeah they don't need signs now. We have to go there soon. Maybe these 2k cabins are going to drop in price.

I think there was a picture posted yesterday from a grandma showing here grandson playing on the same shoreline where the child was snatched.

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