What are the odds on this happening...

Rich1988 said:
People always joke about death, I wonder how many of the people on here have actually seen someone die :p
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You'll probably find the people that see and and deal with death a lot are the ones more likely to joke about it and it's the people that rarely see it who are more likely to play the whole "let's be sensitive here guys" card.

There was a documentary a year or two ago about the guys who have to clean up after train 'accidents' (suicides mainly) and they were cracking jokes as they walked down the line picking up limbs. And I can totally understand why, it's a coping mechanism.

Same goes for us guys making jokes now (although not to the same level obviously), but should I feel sad and negative every time I read a story about someone's death? Or shall I laugh about the oddities in life which is a nicer way of forgetting about everyone's eventual demise.

I just don't get this idea that you have to pretend as if you're talking to the victims family at all times and moderate your speech as a result. Would I go to the guy’s funeral an start making betting puns to his grieving family? No, of course I wouldn’t, nor would I make any jokes if it transpired one of our the members of this board here knew the guy in question.

But the reality is, it’s unlikely his family will ever see this thread. It’s in the public domain but not is the media so let’s not act as if the contents of it are going to printing out and sent to the guy’s parents and rubbed in their faces. Sensitivity requires a listener or viewer who will be sensitive to it’s content. Can’t see that happening with this freak accident.
 
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