The young girl and her Father swept off rocks at Whalers Way, Cape Carnot, Eyre Peninsula. All for a selfie, a family torn apart in an instant. What can we do to stop this happening, its a language thing. I am so sad about the tragic event.
Gaylehere said
09:31 PM Apr 23, 2019
I agree with you Iana, but I think it is a part of human nature, we all do things because it seems like a good idea at the time.
Izabarack said
05:47 AM Apr 24, 2019
iana wrote:
All for a selfie, ........ ....., its a language thing.
Two assumptions not supported by the the victim's companions on the day.
Iza
iana said
08:01 AM Apr 24, 2019
Yes the reports vary.
dave48 said
09:54 AM Apr 24, 2019
Who cares what caused it. It is just wasted loss of life. Sad
Izabarack said
05:23 PM Apr 24, 2019
dave48 wrote:
Who cares ......
Voicing negative judgements about the parent in the circumstances is disrespectful. I am sure the family of the victims is keen to ensure the parent is not seen as some fool who got his kid killed for some selfish motive like getting a selfie. Language problem, how did that get raised?
Iza
iana said
08:56 PM Apr 24, 2019
I understand that the deceased were Chinese nationals. The signs were all in English, the co-owner of the kiosk told them about the dangers, my thoughts were that they didn't hardly understand a word and just nodded.
Extraordinary Rendition said
09:11 PM Apr 24, 2019
It is what it is , very sad. The moving finger etc. I have rescued Chineese folks from situations that I found incredible. Not a good idea to be clever. I once decided to go for a wonderfull nature walk on the Vietnam Cambodia border. I was busting to see all the critters just like I would in the Strezlekis. My Vietnameese companions didn't exactly chain me to prevent me from proceeding. I was about 100 metres into the jungle before I thought the better of it.
Sorry for you loss. No caring person would pinot the finger at your time of grief.
dogbox said
09:53 AM Apr 25, 2019
Izabarack wrote:
dave48 wrote:
Who cares ......
Voicing negative judgements about the parent in the circumstances is disrespectful. I am sure the family of the victims is keen to ensure the parent is not seen as some fool who got his kid killed for some selfish motive like getting a selfie. Language problem, how did that get raised?
Iza
I think you have miss read the intent of the statement by quoting only a portion of original post
dave48 said
12:15 PM Apr 25, 2019
Yes. I thank you. What my intention and what I stated is that a death is a death is a death. And whatever the causes were The people are still dead. And that is the tragedy
Cupie said
08:23 PM Apr 26, 2019
Extraordinary Rendition wrote:
It is what it is , very sad. The moving finger etc. I have rescued Chineese folks from situations that I found incredible. Not a good idea to be clever. I once decided to go for a wonderfull nature walk on the Vietnam Cambodia border. I was busting to see all the critters just like I would in the Strezlekis. My Vietnameese companions didn't exactly chain me to prevent me from proceeding. I was about 100 metres into the jungle before I thought the better of it. Sorry for you loss. No caring person would pinot the finger at your time of grief.
Let me digress & provide the 'etc'
From the LX Quatrain of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam...
"The moving finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: Nor all thy piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all your tears wash out a word of it."
Love it ..
But .... An extremely sad event caused by who knows what.
Mutley said
09:06 PM May 3, 2019
iana wrote:
I understand that the deceased were Chinese nationals. The signs were all in English, the co-owner of the kiosk told them about the dangers, my thoughts were that they didn't hardly understand a word and just nodded.
I'm hearing what you're saying re the language barrier, but having been there, I can't ever recall a kiosk out on Whaler's Way? Maybe I'm getting old lol!
I definitely agree about language & culture being a major issue in way too many drownings in SA in recent times. The poor souls down at Petrel Cove and Adelaide's suburban beaches come to mind. I'm sure there are more.
iana said
10:13 PM May 3, 2019
The kiosk is about 100m from where there are steps leading down the cliff so the surfies can get to the water. This is on the opposite side of the bay to where they found the platform where the whalers were boiling out the whale blubber.
We were going into the kiosk, but were warned not to as they were all very upset in there, so we cleared off so were out of the way, met the emergency vehicles coming in as we left.
The young girl and her Father swept off rocks at Whalers Way, Cape Carnot, Eyre Peninsula. All for a selfie, a family torn apart in an instant. What can we do to stop this happening, its a language thing. I am so sad about the tragic event.
Two assumptions not supported by the the victim's companions on the day.
Iza
Voicing negative judgements about the parent in the circumstances is disrespectful. I am sure the family of the victims is keen to ensure the parent is not seen as some fool who got his kid killed for some selfish motive like getting a selfie. Language problem, how did that get raised?
Iza
I think you have miss read the intent of the statement by quoting only a portion of original post
Let me digress & provide the 'etc'
From the LX Quatrain of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam...
"The moving finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: Nor all thy piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all your tears wash out a word of it."
Love it ..
But .... An extremely sad event caused by who knows what.
I'm hearing what you're saying re the language barrier, but having been there, I can't ever recall a kiosk out on Whaler's Way? Maybe I'm getting old lol!
I definitely agree about language & culture being a major issue in way too many drownings in SA in recent times. The poor souls down at Petrel Cove and Adelaide's suburban beaches come to mind. I'm sure there are more.
We were going into the kiosk, but were warned not to as they were all very upset in there, so we cleared off so were out of the way, met the emergency vehicles coming in as we left.