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OMG B4NNNNN: Woman Falls Off Cliff in Alaska While Texting

Maria Pestrikoff has given the world another danger associated with texting. Pestrikoff was texting while walking toward a cliff to toss away a cigarette. While still texting, she slipped on the grass and went over the 60-foot cliff — causing a difficult rescue in Kodiak, Alaska.

Rescuers fought to get to her before the tide came in. They reached her when the tide was only ten feet away from carrying her out.

She is now recovering. When an accident like this is caused by negligence, should the person be required to pay for the part of the rescue? I have long taken the view that such services should not be charged to citizens, even in cases of negligence. However, there is a growing trend in charging citizens for rescues. What do you think?

Source: Daily Mail

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/27/alaska-woman-falls-off-60-foot-cliff-while-texting/?test=latestnews#ixzz27gh0Xz7j

109 thoughts on “OMG B4NNNNN: Woman Falls Off Cliff in Alaska While Texting”

  1. bettykath and Blouise-

    Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) submitted Articles of Impeachment to the House of Representatives on both George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. I happened to be watching C-SPAN when he submitted the A of I on Dick Cheney. Steny Hoyer was presiding over the HR that day and damn near had a heart attack trying to force a voice vote on it- obviously to kill it. Dennis was having none of it – he stood his ground and demanded a roll call vote- which he got. Of course it was voted down, but he did get a few Republican votes. They probably thought it would embarrass the Dems, who were then, and are today, easily cowed.

  2. If that’s all you got, I cordially invite you to take your baseless accusation of sock puppetry and stick it up your ass, id707.

    Was that clear enough for you? I mean, it was a direct statement and not made behind any cover at all unlike your usual passive-aggressive “I’m the victim, wah!!!!” gibberish “idealist”. You don’t get to whine about let alone make false accusations of sock puppetry when you yourself post anonymously . . . without looking ridiculous that is. So by all means, continue. But if you think I need a sock puppet to insult you, you are obviously and manifestly mistaken.

  5. “How about a class action lawsuit by the people against this administration and the previous one? Ok, it would be thrown out but it’s still a nice thought.” (bettykath)

    Count me in. I look forward to the discovery phase.

  6. id707,

    Your paranoia is getting the better of you. As a GB, I don’t use sock puppets. If I have something to say to you, I’ll do so directly. Of that, you should have no doubt by now.

  7. Wait — didn’t the headline change from “OMG IFU” to “OMG B4NNNNN”?

    I can’t find the definition (meaning?) of “B4NNNNN” — help me?

    OML, OML, RM:

  8. Here we go I’d…..pissing off or on people again…..great job…..not a good idea with others all the time….

  10. Messpo,

    You don’t even get the barb. Never will. And that goes for GeneH too. You either get it or you don’t.

    We talked earlier about occupational characteristics.
    Well, lawyers have their too. More help than that ain’t coming.

    PS To GeneH When you use the ex-pat name for me, then you give yourself away. Discarding your sockpuppet were you?

  13. idealist:

    “Why slam lawyers here, you ask.
    Did you read Msspos’ comment ….”

    ********************

    I guess two concepts racing through your brain is too taxing. No one said — or even implied — that the government shouldn’t aid a fool in extricating themselves from a dangerous situation of their own making. What was said was that the fool, having been saved from their own foolhardiness, has no right to expect that her rescue would come without a cost. She endangered the lives and spent the money of others. Reimbursement for that would be merely the lowest level of gratitude.

    You may like the role of blubbering sentimentalist. I don’t.

  15. Woosty said, “I think she should sue the Government for all the fear baiting distractions she’s had to endure over the past 10 years….don’t you?”

    How about a class action lawsuit by the people against this administration and the previous one? Ok, it would be thrown out but it’s still a nice thought.

  17. Candy Picker,
    Why slam lawyers here, you ask.
    Did you read Msspos’ comment after Woosty was discussing the fate of this world and the people in it?
    That’s why.

  19. My take is that under certain circumstances the citizen should reimburse government for rescues. There are two immutable facts here: First, there will be a cost in terms of resources used and safety risk to rescuers. Second, someone wil have to bear that cost. The question is who should bear the cost ultimately since government will bear it initially.

    Costs of negligence are typically born by the negligent party. While government has a traditional role of rescue in times of crisis, that role has typically been limited to a generalized role such as in the circumstances of a natural disaster like flood or fire. Govenrment also has a role in preventing generalized harm hence its role in fighting fires that could erupt in one house and move throughout entire neighborhoods, or fighting crime that involves lowering the general quality of life for the public. The basis for this service has been to protect the public at large and not a specific citizen.

    Here there is no generalized public function at issue. The young lady in question created the circumstances of her distress through her own bubble-headed negligence. Her rescue involved considerable risk to the government responders as well as necessitated the expenditure of considerable resources to accomplish. The situation was entirely preventable with mere scant care much less ordinary care.

    Under these cirumstances of a particularized service to a specific citizen brought about by their own thoughtless actions, I would assess a fee commensurate with the risk and resources involved. I would do this to both reimburse us all for the resources expended and to deter the foolishness that caused it.

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