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Originally posted by Sledge
These are not monsters we're talking about. They're humans. They might be bad parents, but try and get the full picture before you dump your hatred and judgement upon them. Too often the media dehumanizes people, turning them into heroes or villains or Representatives of a Cause (the way they did Jessica Lynch); it's our prerogative as readers to look for the person in the story.
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Ditto.
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Originally posted by riptide4070
Being burned alive is a gruesome way to go.
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And for the record, my father (a fireman) tells me dying in a fire is actually not that horrible a death. Typically, you suffocate from the smoke before you burn. It's the equivalent of putting a hose from your exhaust pipe into your car window.