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Katie Rogers reports at the NYT that officials at Yellowstone National Park are warning visitors not to fraternize with wildlife after a woman was injured while trying to take a selfie near a bison — but that hasn't stopped some visitors from posting their close encounters on social media. A notice released by the National Park Service details how a 43-year-old and her child turned their backs to a bison while trying to take a selfie while the animal was 6 yards away. The visitors tried to get away when they heard the bison approach, but the animal lifted the woman up and tossed her with its head. She is the fifth person to be injured in an encounter with one of the park's bison this summer.
The park's warnings are not subtle: Upon entering, visitors receive a bright yellow flier that depicts a person getting gored by a bison. According to Julena Campbell, summer, which is breeding season, is the most dangerous time to be near the animals. "The family said they read the warnings in both the park literature and the signage, but saw other people close to the bison, so they thought it would be OK," says Colleen Rawlings, a ranger in the park's Old Faithful District. "People need to recognize that Yellowstone wildlife is wild, even though they seem docile. This woman was lucky that her injuries were not more severe."
(Score: 1, Disagree) by KBentley57 on Tuesday August 04 2015, @04:58PM
I moderated your post as troll, because that's just what it is. Take a step back and look at what you said for a moment. You wished death on these people, for making what was probably an innocent mistake. Don't devalue a human life on such simple grounds.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday August 04 2015, @05:23PM
What was probably an innocent mistake, perhaps some people believe.
No, it wasn't an innocent mistake, it was typical human arrogance compounded by the fact that those morons think interacting with wildlife is like being Crocodile Hunter, where they can just walk the fuck up to and grab and pet anything without consequences. There is also often a religious component to human arrogance, as many believe that humans are somehow "better" or "above" the other animals and/or have God on their side, a belief that anybody with a functioning hindbrain could determine to be false with just a little life-experience.
Humans must be reminded from time to time who really runs this planet, and the smarter ones are reminded through the mistakes of others like the morons described in the article. This is not even a freak accident like a shark attack or being surprised by a starving mountain lion -- these are just people being dumb shits, and they're lucky to still be alive.
Would you feel sympathy for dickheads who exhibited such an astounding lack of judgement that they got drunk and played Russian Roulette for fun? No? Then you shouldn't feel sympathy for dipshits who think that the Great Wide Open is their personal fucking petting zoo.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by KBentley57 on Tuesday August 04 2015, @06:22PM
Take a glass of wine and check yourself. I didn't say what they did wasn't stupid. Put your own mother, father, sibling or child in that situation, does it change your mind? If not you're just an old hateful hag. If so, you're being hypocritical. Last time I checked even "dumb shits" however stupidly annoying, and harmful to society had a right to life. Or is it that you are humanity's self appointed judge, jury, and executioner? Please. You're not that important.
Nice fallacy for some icing on the hate cake.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday August 04 2015, @09:50PM
My mother, father, and siblings were raised well enough to not be so goddamn stupid. If I had a child, they would have been supervised and raised to not be so goddamn stupid.
What I said is my opinion, and you're free to disagree with it.
But you're right about one thing, it is logical fallacy day -- namely your appeal to emotion in trying to invoke my family, and some other dipshit in another discussion attacking the source of my link ad-hominem style.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @09:57PM
It's almost funny that you're demanding a sympathetic mindset from him, because he does raise a fundamentally valid point, and all you raise is a false dichotomy.
The valid point is that nature is wild. You fuck around with something that hasn't been tamed, and anything that happens is your own fault. If it was someone who was suckered by a Nigerian scammer or Identity thief, would you be so sympathetic? What about if it was someone who was suckered by a door-to-door salesman? Or a politician?
No, if you wander up to a wild animal and it attacks you, it is your own damned fault. Doesn't matter who you are.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by guizzy on Tuesday August 04 2015, @07:19PM
So you never did anything that was in retrospect stupid and dangerous? Ever? In your whole life?
And if you did, the only difference is that you were lucky enough that the worst didn't happen.
Wishing that people had died from making a stupid mistake (and mistake is the key word; for all we know that person doesn't make it a habig of making bad decisions) is callous, cringeworthy edgy teenager stuff.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @10:12PM
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but what I get from his post is that he is the type that would have learned something from his actions. Most of the responses here are of the "Oh the poor dear! Somebody should do something about these wild animals!" type.
Someone did something incredibly stupid, the result of ignorance and assumption, and she was extremely fortune that she was not killed for her stupidity: the responsibility lies with her.
Here's the result of a quick DuckDuckGo search for Yellowstone [pinimg.com] warning [crazyus.com] signs [pinimg.com].
She ignored those. That seems pretty fucking stupid to me.
Don't defend or have sympathy for those lucky enough that their stupidity didn't get them killed. If you still think that you should, might I suggest heading out to Oakland, find an area particularly strong in gangs, and just start screaming out racial obscenities? We'll have a laugh at your expense, and a beer or two, but one thing's for sure: we won't mourn you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @05:57PM
There was no mistake here, they blatantly ignored the warnings telling them that they could fucking die by getting too close:
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday August 04 2015, @07:44PM
The Crocodile Hunter knew what he was doing for the most part and even he ended up dead. As to your religious aspect. God put man in charge of the garden of Eden and he was supposed to Take Care of the garden and Animals. Sin has entered the world and now, anyone dumb enough to go hug a lion will just have to deal with the consequences. Religion doesn't automatically make you arrogant. In contrast a True Christian shouldn't be arrogant, but should point others towards Christ. Christ working through the Holy Spirit is what changes hearts and wins Souls for the Kingdom. Telling off someone will only drive them away. What I am saying is that religion didn't have anything to do with the crazy person's idea of safety around an animal that can weigh up to a ton or more. At that weight, an accident involving a docile creature could be disastrous to any normal sized human.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @10:19PM
I think my friend said it best when he said "Cut the Jesus crap and make with the pies."