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This poor 4-year-old boy was involved in a quad bike accident, and messed up his face badly.
( Boy, 4, in horror quad crash )
Now, it's fairly obvious that the parents were somewhat irresponsible - letting a 4-year-old on a 50cc machine (you need to be 16 to get a 50cc licence) on a public road without any safety gear was really daft. Terrible accidents do happen due to misjudgements though; I can understand that. We've all been stupid at one time or another.
What really, really irked me, though, was hearing the poor boy's aunt on the radio this morning saying that "it was God's will".
No, it wasn't God's will - unless you believe in a God who likes maiming children. It was a pathetic attempt to shift the blame from the parents to some other entity.
Then there was a soundbite from the boy's mother saying God was protecting her son, or something along those lines. Yeah, sure it was.
Really: take responsibility for your own damn actions. Yes, it might hurt to admit that you were responsible. Deal with it, and stand up for your own actions. Learn from it, and help others learn from it. It's the right thing to do.
( Boy, 4, in horror quad crash )
Now, it's fairly obvious that the parents were somewhat irresponsible - letting a 4-year-old on a 50cc machine (you need to be 16 to get a 50cc licence) on a public road without any safety gear was really daft. Terrible accidents do happen due to misjudgements though; I can understand that. We've all been stupid at one time or another.
What really, really irked me, though, was hearing the poor boy's aunt on the radio this morning saying that "it was God's will".
No, it wasn't God's will - unless you believe in a God who likes maiming children. It was a pathetic attempt to shift the blame from the parents to some other entity.
Then there was a soundbite from the boy's mother saying God was protecting her son, or something along those lines. Yeah, sure it was.
Really: take responsibility for your own damn actions. Yes, it might hurt to admit that you were responsible. Deal with it, and stand up for your own actions. Learn from it, and help others learn from it. It's the right thing to do.