Parents these days

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Why in the fuck would you take a 3-year-old to see Alien vs. Predator??!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/08/17/popcorn.choking.ap/index.html

Blues,
Dave

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(drink Mountain Dew)

[CrazyIvan 0]

The right question would be: "Why in the fuck did you buy OVERPRICED popcorn?"

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The right question would be: "Why in the fuck did you buy OVERPRICED popcorn?"

Exactly!!!

[Zenister 0]

you know the lawyers are camping on their doorstep to sue the theater for selling unsafe popcorn..

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Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

[D22369 0]

That is pathetic, I would be interested to know if they had any cpr training at all, or did they just stay in a holiday inn?

Roy

PS: dude lets get everyone together this friday night and see Alien vs. pred.

Roy

They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it.

[kaerock 1]

To piss off uptight and judgmental people, perhaps. One can only speculate.

-R

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Why in the fuck would you take a 3-year-old to see Alien vs. Predator??!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/08/17/popcorn.choking.ap/index.html

Blues,
Dave

You be the king and I'll overthrow your government. --KRS-ONE

[TypicalFish 0]

"I was trying everything," his father, Eddie Riley, told the Daily News in Tuesday's editions. "I was trying to put my finger down his throat. I didn't feel anything."

Without question, one of the WORST things you can do for someone who is choking.

Kind of doubt the "CPR training" thing...

"I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET

[BikerBabe 0]

heh. Are you saying it's "tight and judgmental" to question taking a 3-yr-old to see a movie like AVP?

Seriously now. Think about it. a 3 year old. AVP. Forgetting about all that violence in the media stuff, what kind of parent would NOT understand that the stuff on the screen at AVP could (and probably does) scare the living crap out of a baby that age? How cruel. Babies that age want to be loved and cared for, not scared out of their wits.

So, are laws against rape and murder "tight and judgmental?" How about the age limits to movies that already exist but obviously aren't enforced (as the case cited here)? Where's the line?

Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

[PhillyKev 0]

No shit. I begged my mom for weeks to take me to see Invasion of the Body Snatchers when I was six. She finally gave in, I was crying and hiding my head in her shoulder inside of 5 minutes. She took me out and explained to me why it's not always good to get everything that you want.

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No shit. I begged my mom for weeks to take me to see Invasion of the Body Snatchers when I was six. She finally gave in, I was crying and hiding my head in her shoulder inside of 5 minutes. She took me out and explained to me why it's not always good to get everything that you want.

2001 did the same thing to me; especially with the CREEPY "monolith voices"....

"I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET

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[Zenister 0]

8 year old original Alien fan here... scared me witless, but i absolutlely loved it..saw it four times that summer...was jumping at shadows for weeks and got grounded for my reenaction of the chestbursting scene at lunch with katsup..

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[SkydiveNFlorida 0]

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Why in the fuck would you take a 3-year-old to see Alien vs. Predator??!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/08/17/popcorn.choking.ap/index.html

Blues,
Dave

wtf does that have to do with the child choking? Who cares about what movie they were seeing. The real shame is that they didn't scream in every theatre asking if someone knew CPR!

I don't think a 3 year old can really comprehend Alien v Predator. I can see how it might be a questionable movie, but if it is pg-13 then the parents hold the right to decide. And, personally, it doesn't bother me one bit. I doubt the child would need years of counseling because he was taken to a silly movie. Since he's dead, I guess we'll never know, huh?

Angela.

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8 year old original Alien fan here... scared me witless, but i absolutlely loved it..saw it four times that summer...was jumping at shadows for weeks and got grounded for my reenaction of the chestbursting scene at lunch with katsup..

My brother, nine years my senior, used to take me to scary movies all the time when I was in single-digit ages. I saw Phantasm at 8 years old, and The Changeling sometime around then also. Both terrified me and gave me the creeps for a lonnnng time. And I LOVED it.
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-Jeffrey
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Why in the fuck would you take a 3-year-old to see Alien vs. Predator??!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/08/17/popcorn.choking.ap/index.html

Blues,
Dave

Man, I'm not the most sensitive fucker in the world, but I can't believe I'm the first person here to post about my SADNESS that this little boy DIED. Who gives a shit about the movie or the price of popcorn. I can't believe how you're trivializing the DEATH OF THE BOY.

Rest in peace, kid.

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-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"

[akarunway 1]

"I was trying everything," his father, Eddie Riley, told the Daily News in Tuesday's editions. "I was trying to put my finger down his throat. I didn't feel anything."

Without question, one of the WORST things you can do for someone who is choking_____________________________________ Not true. My youngest daughter was choking on a Dorito years back. Lodged in her throat. I had to push it down her throat w/ my middle finger to dislodge it. Depends on the situation

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[TypicalFish 0]

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"I was trying everything," his father, Eddie Riley, told the Daily News in Tuesday's editions. "I was trying to put my finger down his throat. I didn't feel anything."

Without question, one of the WORST things you can do for someone who is choking_____________________________________ Not true. My youngest daughter was choking on a Dorito years back. Lodged in her throat. I had to push it down her throat w/ my middle finger to dislodge it. Depends on the situation

OK, after exhausting every other recourse (back blows, ab thrusts, etc.). Typically, pushing ANY obstruction farther down is a bad idea, maybe resulting in laryngospasm, etc. in I only know what they taught me in paramedic school.

I am glad your daughter is OK, though. Hell of a thing to go through, for her AND you.

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[akarunway 1]

Typically, pushing ANY obstruction farther down is a bad idea, maybe resulting in laryngospasm, etc. in I only know what they taught me in paramedic school. . --------------------------------------I did exhaust every option til she was blue in the face. The offending Dorito did cut her throat but she was ok. Lesson learned. Don't let hungry 2 yr olds eat Doritos. Maybe they should be banned. LOL Also.================OK next Typically, pushing ANY obstruction farther down is a bad idea, maybe resulting in laryngospasm, etc. in I only know what they taught me in paramedic school. _______________ don't believe everthing everyone teaches you and I couldn't find laryngospasm in the dictionary although I'm sure it has to do w/ the larynx

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[squirrel 0]

Perhaps a MADATORY set of classes should be taken before having childern, including CPR, Poision Control, Fire Safety....

I teach a safety program to children...just my 2 cents.

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[PhillyKev 0]

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OK, after exhausting every other recourse (back blows, ab thrusts, etc.).

When's the last time you took a first aid course? Last time I did a few years ago, we were taught, first thing you do is sweep their mouth with a finger to remove anything loose and get their tongue out of the way. Otherwise when you start administering CPR you would just blow anything loose into their airway.

And back blows were a definite no no becuase if that did jar anything loose, it would just go deeper down.

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OK, after exhausting every other recourse (back blows, ab thrusts, etc.).

When's the last time you took a first aid course? Last time I did a few years ago, we were taught, first thing you do is sweep their mouth with a finger to remove anything loose and get their tongue out of the way. Otherwise when you start administering CPR you would just blow anything loose into their airway.

And back blows were a definite no no becuase if that did jar anything loose, it would just go deeper down.

Re-cert every year.

Sweep the mouth, YES, finger down the throat, NO. And the back blows are for a ped were they are small enough to put face down on your thigh. I thought the kid was 3?

Laryngospasm is when the esophagus involuntarily constricts from trauma; it is the same reaction that sometimes keeps the water out of the lungs of people who have drowned.

"I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET

[kaerock 1]

You miss the point. The point is: who cares about the movie? A kid died and the movie had nothing to do with it. To lambaste the parents for taking a kid to that movie is pretty insensitive considering their kid just died. Why are people making the movie a big deal and not sympathizing with the parents for their loss, there's the cruelty.

My opinions on laws on rape and murder movie age restrictions are way beyond the scope of this thread so :P

-R

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heh. Are you saying it's "tight and judgmental" to question taking a 3-yr-old to see a movie like AVP?

Seriously now. Think about it. a 3 year old. AVP. Forgetting about all that violence in the media stuff, what kind of parent would NOT understand that the stuff on the screen at AVP could (and probably does) scare the living crap out of a baby that age? How cruel. Babies that age want to be loved and cared for, not scared out of their wits.

So, are laws against rape and murder "tight and judgmental?" How about the age limits to movies that already exist but obviously aren't enforced (as the case cited here)? Where's the line?

You be the king and I'll overthrow your government. --KRS-ONE

[kelel01 1]

My thought was the perhaps the movie caused the child to gasp in fright and inhale the popcorn. It's a stretch to "blame" the parents for taking the child to see it, but it's not completely ridiculous to think that it may have been a factor.

[PhillyKev 0]

insensitive to whom? Cruel to whom? Are they reading this?

Get over it.

The story was posted by the person who posted it to discuss taking a three year old to this kind of movie. One aspect of the story is the kid dying, and that sucks. But are we going to post and talk about every accidental death that happens in this country?