Sunday, July 12, 2009

Victim? Teen Girl Falls In Open Manhole While Texting

There's no question mark on the screen-cap of that story on Alexa Longueira, who fell into a Staten Island manhole on Wednesday:

We all do it. We fail to pay attention to what we're doing sometimes. But victim?

Maybe so, says Jonathan Turley:
The high school sophomore has a case. While she was negligent in texting and walking, the courts have previously ruled that cities must anticipate inattentive people or people with disabilities who may not see an open manhole or ditch.
Via Memeorandum.
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2 comments:

  1. DanaJuly 12, 2009 at 6:03 AM

    Whilst driving our younger daughter and "spare" daughter home from the bookstore yesterday, they were texting each other, front seat to back seat. I've seen them sitting on the same couch, texting each other. It's insane!

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  2. DennisJuly 12, 2009 at 6:29 AM

    It is a way to carry on a conversation without others, in the immediate vicinity, knowing what is being said. I find it a corruption of language and had it turned off on my cell. If I cannot say it out loud or write it in clear text then it is a waste of my time.
    Another example of not making those who do damage to themselves through their own auspices responsible. Is it any wonder that we have a society that thinks it is always someone else's responsibility to take care of them.

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