Show Who Killed Jessica Parents Others Share Blame Simon Says Sa SaBy By J JThomas Thomas 1 Editorial Editor w. w Would someone please explain to me what a year seven-year-old child- child no matter how experienced or was interested doing flying an airplane I dont don't want to get off on a rant but shouldn't the FAA have intervened inter inter- vend by not granting clearance for this misguided decision The loss of a child is always know from hand first-hand tragic I experience-and experience especially so in a 0 r case like this where the accident could have been prevented by simply simply simply sim sim- ply not allowing the child to play pilot Recent news reports have been full lull of footage of the teary eyed mother trying to justify her decision decision decision deci deci- sion by saying things to the effect of She wanted to be a pilot when she grew up Well mom when I was seven I wanted to be a doctor but for some reason nobody encouraged my initiative by placing plan ing a scalpel in my hand and allowing allowing allowing allow allow- ing me to play surgeon I wonder why Could it have been because oh I dont don't know l I was seven As cold as it may sound that little little little lit lit- tle girls girl's mother should be held ultimately responsible responsible-as as should the father the flight instructor the FAA any of the Traffic Air-Traffic Control Personnel involved and the present ever-present media Someone should ha have e put a stop to it and it and found guilty of irresponsible parenting parenting parenting par par- enting if not negligent ter She should be forced to take a class on how to say NO to a achild's achild's achild's childs child's every little whim lest she destroy the thc lives of yet more innocent innocent innocent inno inno- cent people entrusted to her care Bleeding hearts should rest no assured-no charges will be filed We are arc way too caught up in the tragedy of it all to consider jus jus- jus- jus tice After all this is a country where stupidity is not only encouraged but honored as heroic Remember the young soldier who was determined determined despite despite National Weather Service warnings and the of the Highway Patrol not to mention that the road was to closed drive his wife and infant daughter across Donners Donner's Pass for a family holiday gathering a couple of winters ago not As common though sense military intelligence apparently- apparently would seem to dictate in that situation situation situation situa situa- tion they got stuck in a raging blizzard blizzard bliz bliz- zard and were forced to seek shelter shelter shelter shel shel- ter in a nearby cave While the young man tromped around the Sierras Sierra's to go for help his wife and daughter suffered severe frostbite and nearly died of exposure By the time adequate help arrived it was too late for doctors doctors doc doc- tors to save the young womans woman's leg legand legand legand and it was amputated How that infant managed to survive at all is a complete mystery The media lauded this young man as a hero hem for braving the wilderness to find help for his family family family fam fam- ily and he was given a medal o of f honor in our nations nation's capitol for bravery Apparently they have changed the definition of bravery and hero because the young soldier exhibited neither quality What he was was stupid and foolish If we are going to continue to complain about the poor quality of education in this country we had better stop giving our children morons as role models Call an act of heroism what it truly is saving is saving a alife alife alife life instead of maiming or taking one I feel for the survivors of the unfortunate plane incident but atthe at atthe atthe the same time I recognize it for what it was was was-an an extreme example of parental thirst for competition I sincerely hope that the three lost lives were worth it f |