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Posted: February 12, 2010 11:57 pm  | |||||||||
     IRC Nickname: Sum41xx Group: Emeritus Posts: 630 Member No.: 102 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0    | I'm sad to say and report that an Olympian died on the luge track at the Vancouver Olympics during a practice run. It always was a dangerous sport and this just proves it. My condolences go out to the 21 year old's family, community, and nation that he represented. It's really a sad and unfortunate event that I hope (as any one should) this does not happen again at the Olympics. This has already put a dim and sad taint on the Olympic torch ceremony. Just in addition to this. I really recommend not trying to look for this video or pictures of the event. It's a horrible sight that you do not want to see. I regret that I even looked for the video out of human curiosity. It's just sad that people feel the urge (not excluding myself) to see this kind of thing. I wish we didn't have that urge. RIP Nodar Kumaritashvili... --------------------   Proud WG member since December 2003 | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 12:00 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Sgtswordfish Group: Guest Posts: 1737 Member No.: 1758 Joined: March 9, 2009 Total Events Attended: 64 | i read about it. well, au revoir! --------------------  Goals 2011  | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 02:45 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 7306 Member No.: 47 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 343 | RIP -------------------- July 5, 2007 - June 27, 2011 | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 05:51 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Lefty Group: Emeritus Posts: 3340 Member No.: 1055 Joined: June 30, 2008 Total Events Attended: 211 | Wow. Extremely tragic. --------------------      | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 06:26 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Vephy Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 6186 Member No.: 813 Joined: June 10, 2008 Total Events Attended: 478 | Sad story :< --------------------   | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 06:54 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Chimpy Group: Banned Posts: 2521 Member No.: 1474 Joined: November 16, 2008 Total Events Attended: 133 | Yeah saw that during the opening ceremonies, RIP. :< --------------------    | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 09:29 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Stokenut Group: Guest Posts: 2062 Member No.: 805 Joined: June 10, 2008 Total Events Attended: 112 | People die all the time. Struggling to give a damn. -------------------- Over 6 years of history and friendship, deleted over a difference in an opinion. --- Challenge any creationist to a debate. They'll run away and aggressively accuse you of "attacking" them and their "beliefs". I'm sorry, please, keep teaching our kids that they'll burn in hell if they don't believe. Mutilate their genitals against their will while you're at it. Keep influencing politics and holding back vital scientific research. I'll just keep my mouth shut to "respect" your "beliefs". | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 02:20 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
It's just sad that people call everything they aren't or don't want to be "sad"  Kinda with Steve on this one. On a base level his death is equally as tragic as the death of the guy killed in a car accident somewhere last week. Representing a country in an event as dangerous as that is just another gamble in life. More people cheer you if you live, more people mourn you if you die. --------------------  [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 02:25 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Squelchyfish Group: Emeritus Posts: 625 Member No.: 38 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 71 | It's not sad. Its curiosity, people are scared of what they don't understand. The video is not bad whatsoever, but perhaps that is relative to the horrific things i have seen. When you watch it, it looks like a small accident, but upon further inspection he hit the back of his head on a concrete pole, he died instantly and felt no pain. He also died doing what he loved. Embrace that urge, so that you may learn, and protect yourself. I guess it is a human instinct. In addition, you can see horrific things that happen on a daily basis, mostly at the hands of other human beings. It makes you have a different outlook on life. Ignoring it is not a step in the right direction in making things better. --------------------   "Take lobsters because I don't want us to die" -HisLordship on WG pvp PKing, 26 April 2010. | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 03:12 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sum41xx Group: Emeritus Posts: 630 Member No.: 102 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0 |
In that case if you died-- I'd struggle to give a damn. You sound psychopathic, you should get that checked. asshole. And @ Keanu: First off. Sad is an English word, so if you want I could find another synonym?: mournful, sorrowful, bittersweet. Happy? Secondly, the reason that this death is tragic; 1) this happened just before the Olympics commenced, 2) this is an event that should be well monitored. Car crashes happen all the time, this sort of thing doesn't. That's why I find this to be important. Am I saying it's more important than a car crash? No. Maybe I didn't hear about the car crash last week. If you really want I can post every time somebody dies in a car crash? LASTLY, to both Keanu and Stoke. Stop flaming this topic. If you don't have anything good to say then don't post. You should learn to have some respect. -------------------- Proud WG member since December 2003 | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 04:18 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Evil_9116 Group: Ex-Member Posts: 117 Member No.: 2222 Joined: February 1, 2010 Total Events Attended: 11 | What a poor guy. RIP. --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 04:55 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
wat. I think you have a misinterpretation of flaming here. Stating our thoughts and beliefs on the topic in a neutral and respective manner isn't flaming, that's freedom of opinion. Calling steve a psychopath and an asshole? THAT's flaming
Depressive? So people having basic human characteristics like curiosity depresses you? Well I guess I'm right in saying having a lack of respect for other peoples' interests and opinions depresses me. Each to their own.
We both said our views. They might not be "good" to you but it doesn't mean we don't have the right to voice them. I have a huge amount of respect for what other people are, have and believe, even if I don't agree. -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 08:18 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Fire Lion Sword Group: Emeritus Posts: 1189 Member No.: 103 Joined: January 4, 2008 Total Events Attended: 3 | @ Keanu & Steve: I can relate to both your arguments, and I can agree to a certain extent. And, honestly, you're right, those weren't exactly flames... but they were still reckless and insensitive. I do hope you're consciously choosing to be jerks, and aren't blissfully unaware that saying that you don't care about a person's death is inflammatory -- especially on a thread that is specifically dedicated in sympathy to that person's passing. @ Sum: I wouldn't exactly call it "sad", but I do understand what you mean. The way I see it, when you give people "power" they will be inclined to exploit it. The internet and media hold power, in this case, so the moral standard can drop considerably; That's the paradox of progress. You should be used to it by now. The urge you're referring to is actually pretty complex, as is the human nature that enables it. It has good and bad implications, and calling it "sad" is subjective, somewhat unfair, and potentially offensive. Just saying. In the end, bickering like this is stupid, regardless of who's right. And, I admit, my little contribution here makes me guilty too. A man died. I don't know him, but someone did... And knowing what it feels like to lose someone close, I respect his loved ones' mourning. R.I.P -------------------- --------- 獅の炎 ----------  ----------- 忍☯者 ----------- | ||||||||
Posted: February 13, 2010 08:27 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Matt|Georgio9 Group: Emeritus Posts: 706 Member No.: 94 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0 | it's on youtube if you want to see the last run. --------------------   | ||||||||
Posted: February 14, 2010 01:45 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
+1. And you can say the same for so many other things. It's rather... um... sad Meh, ok I wouldn't go as far as to say I don't give a damn. He died at 21 so fair enough. But he died doing what he loved to do. Same way I wanna go out. And when I die, rather than have everyone be like 'BAWWWW EPIC TANK IS DED' I'd prefer a 'thanks for the contibution' and people get on with and enjoy THEIR lives. LOADS of people die daily. That's life. And when someone dies and people make a big deal about it, what's the best or most productive thing that I can do besides say 'sorry to hear that, RIP, my condolences'? -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||||
Posted: February 14, 2010 08:41 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: megajayson Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 9246 Member No.: 423 Joined: April 4, 2008 Total Events Attended: 216 | Keanu, seriously, a guy died, you can discuss it elsewhere --------------------  This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! 7th Highest Overall for Wars Attended. | ||||||||
Posted: February 14, 2010 10:45 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
Refer to Steve's post. -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||||
Posted: February 14, 2010 12:44 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: His Lordship Group: Founder Posts: 6029 Member No.: 1 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 129 | If you don't care, posting you don't care is rubbing salt in the wound. You should know that by now Steve. --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: February 14, 2010 12:50 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Chimpy Group: Banned Posts: 2521 Member No.: 1474 Joined: November 16, 2008 Total Events Attended: 133 | You all are terrible liberals saying you don't care that someone died! -------------------- | ||||||||
Posted: February 14, 2010 04:54 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sum41xx Group: Emeritus Posts: 630 Member No.: 102 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0 | I get what you're saying Keanu. I was more offended with Steve's post and in addition you siding with him. On a better note though. It is true that he died doing something he obviously loved (or else he wouldn't have been in the Olympics). I felt it was just something in my nature to post so that I and others could leave condolences. More of a memorial post than anything. That's all. -------------------- Proud WG member since December 2003 | ||||||||
Posted: February 14, 2010 10:34 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Kiwi011 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3052 Member No.: 40 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 | whoever posted insensitive things such as o,. people die....and what not should be ashamed. What is wrong in your heads where you can justify doing that? This is a topic to remember a great athlete. Not a topic to troll. Fucking fagots. --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: February 15, 2010 12:48 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Sithofwookie Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2842 Member No.: 815 Joined: June 11, 2008 Total Events Attended: 48 | I saw the video and it was pretty fucked up. I don't think they should have showed it on national television. EDIT: What a way to go, going 88 miles per hour and the adrenaline pumping through you. Most likely didn't feel much pain if any. That's how I'd want to go out. --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: February 15, 2010 01:40 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Kiwi011 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3052 Member No.: 40 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 |
true story. I always have told my parents that I hope I die in my car going 120+mph having the time of my life. Honestly, its like one of the only times I feel like im truly free. Idk about this guy, but who knows, maybe he had the same feel for things. -------------------- | ||||||||
Posted: February 15, 2010 02:15 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
Steve that's the last time I ever publicly say I agree with you on something  -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||||
Posted: February 15, 2010 02:58 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sum41xx Group: Emeritus Posts: 630 Member No.: 102 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0 |
Yeah exactly. Despite dying being somewhat lame; dying doing something you feel free and love doing is the best way to go. -------------------- Proud WG member since December 2003 | ||||||||
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