I personally want the word "accident" stricken from the dictionary. It is used millions of times each day, and seriously, how many times is it true? you put your glass too close to the edge, you ran your tires low on pressure, you carried your gun loaded and safety off, etc.
Every time unexpected events occur because of lack of foresight, we blame bad luck, god, or just blow off our responsibility by calling it an "accident."
There is an area south of here, a couple square miles of public land, that attracts every fool in this corner of the state to hunt deer. Go there, and you'll hear a shot every 15 minutes as people tramp through there and fire randomly to keep the deer stirred up.
When I was a teenager, I was wearing my bright red school jacket deer hunting, and an orange vest. I heard noise behind the tree I was backed up too, and when the noise stopped, I peeked around and found someone sighting iin on my white sleeve.
Accident? Bull. Shooting at a patch of white because it looks like a tail is insane. I did learn that walking into the woods with even a hankie showing is a serious risk. There is no bottom limit to stupidity, and there isn't enough orange on the planet to save you from some of the pinheads that we have in the woods these days.
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