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| 2004-01-20 | |
| Police said a group of teens gathered at a park at Greeley Street and Rideout Way over the weekend to re-enact a stunt they had seen on the MTV program "Jackass." Yup, another one of those..... The teens attached a rope to a merry-go-round and tied the other end to a pickup truck. When the truck went forward, the ride would spin. Bobbi MacKinnon, 16, was killed when she was thrown 75 feet from the ride and landed in the street. At least she got some good hang time. The show does warn viewers over and over not to attempt any of the stunts, but MacKinnon’s friends and family say it’s not enough. "They shoulda had Barney and the Teletubbies saying you could get bad boo-boos!" "The audience it was aimed at doesn’t pay attention," MacKinnon’s grandmother, Pat Fleck, said. I bet Bobbi’s buddies will pay attention now....maybe not "I see the little thing on the TV show ...’Don’t try this at home.’ Yeah right ... I mean if they can do it, we can do it,"
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| Posted by:Desert Blondie |
| #17 You people make me sick. Bobbi was a good friend of mine, and you people act like she wasnt a person. You sick little people get amusement of the fact THAT A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL has been killed. That stupid show should have never been put on telivision, warning or not. You are sick,sad little people. You would be singing a different tune if it had been one of your friends. |
| Posted by: Shutch Hupains1662 2004-10-12 6:09:11 PM |
| #16 SH -- You are a very sick, twisted man. I like you. ;) |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-1-20 7:59:02 PM |
| #15 SH you missed your calling. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-20 5:42:17 PM |
| #14 Shipman, if I were making a short film of this episode, I would cut in with a clip of an Olympic discus thrower going though his motion and freeze as the discus left his hand then cut to a slow motion wide view of the carousel spinning from a veiwpoint from a scaffolding or boom placed 100 feet away and 20 feet up. (the background music would be Sir Elton John singing Circle of Life) After several rotations I would switch to a camera placed on the center post of the wheel with for a face shot of Ms MacKinnon. Then back to the scaffold shot for the rest of the action. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-20 5:19:46 PM |
| #13 Yeah, so in another thread I say that not all young people are morons, and then we get another prime example of sheer stupidity from people my age. Nice. I wish the girl hadn't died though, like Charles said, she was probably hanging out with her boyfriend and his friends and didn't want to do it in the first place but didn't want to be left out. |
| Posted by: S 2004-1-20 5:18:04 PM |
| #12 Like I said... it's a small niche: I am pure potential energy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-20 3:18:10 PM |
| #11 "There is no such thing as centripital force" she thought. "I am moving in a straight line away from the axis of rotation... I am pure kinetic energy." |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-20 3:17:20 PM |
| #10 My mother used to tell me: "If you go out and get yourself killed, I'll never speak to you again." Sounded really stupid, but I think on some level I knew what she meant. |
| Posted by: Slumming 2004-1-20 2:32:13 PM |
| #9 Most people in their teens and early twenties are absolutely POSITIVE they're invincible, and nothing bad will happen to them. That's where good parenting comes in. I have no kids myself, but I take my ex-roomate's kids out to do stuff on a regular basis. I always make it a point to tell them that they are NOT indestructible. If they try something risky, they could get hurt, and in extreme circumstances, lose their lives. There is NO RECOVERY from death. I tell them to think carefully about what they're going to do before they do it, and think about the wisdom of whether to carry through with it. And I tell them this clearly, with a serious face, not just in a passing mention sort of way. They also know that, if they do manage to get hurt doing something stupid, I and my friends (their uncles and aunts) are going to be really, really pissed off. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-20 1:32:02 PM |
| #8 Sorry, my comment should have been titled - Very Last Thought of Bobbi MacKinnon, 16. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-20 1:21:39 PM |
| #7 Must think. Can't remember. What did Dr. Thomas say? Is this force centripital or cetrifugal? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-20 1:17:49 PM |
| #6 I have a hard time accepting these deaths, even though I did some pretty stupid things when I was younger - not all of them as a teenager. Most people in their teens and early twenties are absolutely POSITIVE they're invincible, and nothing bad will happen to them. Then when something does, like this incident, or the death of one of my daughter's school friends in an automobile accident just before Christmas, it devastates them. It seems that every child must go through Reality101 on their own, and for some it's a deadly trip. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-20 11:21:48 AM |
| #5 "The audience it was aimed at doesn’t pay attention," MacKinnon’s grandmother, Pat Fleck, said. That's just life. If the movie's target audience fails to pay attention, and tries the stunts anyway, then they might end up having to pay in another way. The intelligent person will know to choose the least painful/injurious method of payment. End of story. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-20 10:16:41 AM |
| #4 Charles, but that would be holding them responsible for their own actions! Haven't they suffered enough? "I see the little thing on the TV show ...’Don’t try this at home.’ Yeah right ... I mean if they can do it, we can do it,"... Apparently not. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-1-20 9:10:06 AM |
| #3 "The audience it was aimed at doesn’t pay attention," MacKinnon’s grandmother, Pat Fleck, said. They seem to pay attention to the stunts well enough. It's a pity that this girl had to die. I imagine she was just along for the ride with her boyfriend/friends. If anything, the other teens should be charged with Criminaly Negligent Homicide. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-1-20 8:24:26 AM |
| #2 Don't forget the greatest teen birth control device ever. The Automobile in all it's various incarnations. Dorf |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-1-20 7:38:54 AM |
| #1 Some folks are just not cut out for horseback riding. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-20 2:07:18 AM |