A fool dies, and now everyone suffers!

@destry (2572)
Kirkwall, Scotland
November 9, 2015 4:49am CST
On the local news today is a story about an 18 year old lad who decided to get drunk and go for a mid winters swim in a natural lake in West Wales. He thought it was a good idea, but ended up drowning. That is what happens when you decided to enter freezing cold water whilst drunk! Now the family is circulating a petition to call for the local council to fence off the lake so that no one can go near it. This lake is a natural beauty spot, and is enjoyed by many dog walkers, picnickers, walkers and cyclists. Now, the family want every sensible person to halt their pleasure because one fool was silly enough to go for a drunken swim. It is absolutely annoying that one foolish person kills themself and the family want to stop sensible people from enjoying their life. Society these days seems as though we are dumbing down to the lowest level! We have to make everything safe for drunks, criminals and rule breakers and the sensible and good suffer!
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Margaret Mwangi
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 15
I wonder why they are not working against over drinking lol
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
9 Nov 15
Exactly why are the authorities not working against drunk drivers.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
9 Nov 15
@Missmwngi True because fools who drink too much have no good sense anymore and will do stupid things like driving into a lake. Then they only look at his side and not how it will impact other people.
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Margaret Mwangi
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 15
@Marcyaz They look at one side of the story and don't want to accept the reality. If the man was not drunk am sure he would not have gone to swim given the conditions
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
9 Nov 15
Evolution at work!
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Janet Anderson
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
10 Nov 15
Oh Dazza you are bad! And funny!
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
10 Nov 15
@Auntylou Unfortunately these days, at the age of 18, there's a fair chance his genes will have already been passed on. Probably via five different girls on the local estate!!
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
9 Nov 15
It is true when a tradegy happens by some drunken fool the authorities want to close down everything so one one else can enjoy themselves.
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scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
9 Nov 15
Yes, I agree that is stupid. It costs a lot of money to fence up the whole lake, and it will spoil the scenery for all users. I think that fool would die anywhere as he was drunk. He could have slept on the road or railway track.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472000)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 15
A petition to fence the lake? This is ridiculous, what should we do about the idiots who sit in a car and drive while they are drunk? Should we close all the roads?
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
9 Nov 15
If the authorities would arrest these fools who drive while drunk then these type of accidents would not happen. what, close all the roads for one drunk?
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Janet Anderson
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
10 Nov 15
You can understand their grief but their demands are unreasonable
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Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
10 Nov 15
I certainly hope that the local council will not approve this stupid request.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
9 Nov 15
How stupid, fence off a lake so drunks don't act like idiots...wow.
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Ria Roy
@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
10 Nov 15
This is what happens when we do things not out of sound mind and judgment. It's out of grief and the pain of loss that they are trying to make the petition work....they're not being sensible themselves. Its a silly idea. They think their loss would be compensated or their suffering would end with fencing off the lake, but that won't happen even if the natural beauty spot was closed to visitors. A sense of loss will always be with them.
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Ritchelle Ann D. Ona
@T964045 (48)
• Canlubang, Philippines
10 Nov 15
hope the majority wins. i understand your frustration. keep us up to date.
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