Man Killed On Ride At Church Fair

[matcom]

<snip>

SHREWSBURY, Mass. -- A carnival ride broke apart during a church fair Sunday, killing a man and injuring two other people.

Shrewsbury police said the spinning-car ride came apart about 2 p.m. near Saint Mary's Church and parochial school. Witnesses said they saw one of the men being thrown from the ride and crashing to the ground.

"It was really just a nightmare, a lot of children crying, mothers crying, more blood than I've ever seen," said Kathleen Madaus, 44, of Shrewsbury.

"I saw (one victim) about a foot off the ground and land on his face," said Madaus' 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth. "There were like 5-year-olds who had to see that and I feel bad for them."

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3743629/detail.html

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. At least we all know he went straight to heaven.

O8)



BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! :D

[underpants]

2. His last words

JESUS F----ing CHRIST!

[GiovanniC]

13. This Made Me Laugh Right Out Loud

At work, damn you! I'm at work!

[imax2268]

3. and

Parlock was there...someone ripped up his "Jesus for Bush" sign and made is older son cry...

[Cheswick2.0]

4. Is this funny to people?

A catholic church fair in Ma. undoubtably full of democrats, someone gets killed and it's funny because they were Christians.

Sometimes people on DU are just fucking stupid. The responses here so far are disgusting. Don't any of you have Catholic friends or relatives?

[Magrittes Pipe]

5. Pretty much all of my relatives are Catholic.

It's not funny because he was a Christian, it's funny because he died. Sheesh.

[Cheswick2.0]

7. it's not funny at all

[imax2268]

6. I never made fun of

the person dying...it is a shame for sure...I never did trust those weekend carnival rides...sorry if my post offended you...

[arwalden]

8. That's An Unnecessary Apology

as far as I'm concerned. I "got it"... and your offbeat humor didn't single out Christians or Christianity. The insult was imagined.

-- Allen

[imax2268]

9. thanks...

[Cheswick2.0]

10. nonsense

[Cheswick2.0]

11. Thanks for the apology

perhaps you didn't mean it the way it sounded but I wonder if the thread would have seemed so funny if it was specifically about one of the DUers who is Catholic.

[miss_kitty]

17. imax2268, in response to your message #6, cheswick, in his first comment

which was #4, was responding to the original post, not your amusing bon mot about Parlock. but i get confused about which comment responds to which other comment sometimes. looks like most of us do.

*sigh* i like nested comment display....

On Edit-i see cheswick found ALL commentary disgusting. i guess it helps to read thoroughly! my bad! well spanks for everyone!
:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:

[arwalden]

12. Absolutely Ridiculous, Cheswick

>> A catholic church fair in Ma. undoubtably (sic) full of democrats, someone gets killed and it's funny because they were Christians.<<

As of this message, I've seen nobody making light of the situation BECAUSE they were Christians. And neither have you. The insults are imagined and it appears that you're suggesting that no levity or screwball irony should be present SIMPLY BECAUSE they were Christians... that "extra" respect should be shown because we all know how persecuted Christians are these days, eh?

Tasteless jokes and off-color comments at the gruesome and unusual fate of one particular Christian isn't necessarily BECAUSE he's a Christian.

Good grief, Cheswick!

-- Allen

[MallRat]

14. It looked pretty bad.

The carnival ride was the "Sizzler," one of those egg-beater rides. From the news footage, it looked like the front door of the car had just torn clean off under the force of the ride (maybe the passenger was leaning against the door?).

The door, and the bar attached to it, is the only thing that keeps you in the car.

-MR

[Phillycat]

15. Oh, that's awful.

Those poor kids, what a terrible thing for them to have to witness.

I've often thought those neighborhood carnival rides look a little rickety sometimes. I'll keep this in mind next time I'm tempted to ride one.

[deutsey]

16. How awful

:evilfrown: