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LBP
I agree - I think we still have some demand out there right now, fueled by the frustration people felt when they couldn't get a Wii for Christmas (our local Best Buy was out of stock during the holiday shopping season). Therefore, it will indeed, probably, be easier to find a Wii (or some other form of game console) during Easter or perhaps the summer vacation season (when demand isn't as great). It's a shame Jennifer Strange had to die to try to win one.
posted by
kidnykid
on January 31, 2007 at 7:44 AM
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Wii patience
People must be patient for a couple of months more to find a Wii easily...
posted by
LBP-6262
on January 30, 2007 at 9:14 PM
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That doesn't surprised me. Atrocities are a part of war, often committed on both sides of a war or other armed conflict. (In America, it isn't officially a war unless Congress ratifies a declaration of war made by the President. That's the law, and that makes World War II our last official, legally-declared-according-to-American-law one. What Bush is doing in Iraq is not technically war, unless Congress ratified a declaration of same without our knowledge.)
posted by
kidnykid
on January 27, 2007 at 4:36 PM
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hello kidnykid
''water intoxication'' ... well, my dad told us that the japanese soldiers used this method to torture captives to extract information from them during the 2nd world war especially in Malaya.( Malaysia, now )
posted by
richinstore
on January 27, 2007 at 6:02 AM
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Actually...
It isn't really a matter of who's at fault. There is a general misconception out there that people with healthy kidneys can take in as much water (or other fluids) as they wish, without consequences.
Everything I've read about this story suggests otherwise. I'll grant you that I'm in a bit of a different situation due to my history of kidney disease. Even with a functioning transplant, I'm not able to handle as much fluid as the average person with healthy kidneys (partially due to drug side effects). But even a person with healthy kidneys can only handle perhaps a liter or a liter and a half of fluid in an hour, not the amount Jennifer Strange was drinking. Although most people do not know this, it is very hard (due to vocational responsibilites and the simple inability of the stomach to handle such large amounts of fluid) to ingest the sheer quantity of fluid Ms. Strange was taking in in order to win that Wii.
posted by
kidnykid
on January 27, 2007 at 5:42 AM
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The problem wasn't just water intoxication. She didn't/wouldn't vomit to get some of the excess water out of her system. There are a lot of reports saying she died from too much urine in her system/poisoning that way, and it's very nearly impossible that she wouldn't have just wet herself.
A lot more things went wrong than just drinking too much water and not peeing, her body shut down in other ways and prevented itself from saving itself. I'd be asking a bigger question of why she couldn't vomit, because it's not really a reaction you can stop.
The radio station wasn't worried because - who ever dies of drinking too much water? It's just not a valid concern in the public conscience, especially when most of us aren't on dialysis and we're constantly told to drink more water to aid digestion, hydrate the cells, clean the blood stream, ect. The fact that she signed a waiver on top of that, I would rule against her family (as far as facts go, not as far as compassion).
It doesn't change the fact that it's a stupid, pointless death that leaves her kids without a mom now, but I don't find the most fault with the radio station, I find it with her.
posted by
Kureshiy
on January 26, 2007 at 11:28 PM
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It's too bad the woman died, and the station is negligent, but...
in some ways this reminds me of the woman who sued McDonald's because she burned herself on their hot coffee. Well, duh!
posted by
Pat_B
on January 26, 2007 at 1:22 PM
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