The Lion King
Did you happen to see that awful story about the woman who was killed while cleaning the Lion's cage?
It's a funny thing about those big animals and those big fish.
When left alone with us, they will crush us, or maul us, or bite us.
As cute as they might seem.
Evidently there was a procedural error of some sort and the lion either picked a lock or was left behind a door that was supposed to be closed but wasn't. There are reports that the poor girl was on the phone and that perhaps the lion just wanted to play with her because he cuffed her, breaking her neck and then didn't really maul her much after that.
We all hate when someone is on the phone and ignoring us, right?
The lion was shot to death so that the rescue people could get to the woman.
And do you know what people are screaming about the lost?
Yep - the dead lion.
"Why did they shoot the poor lion?"
"The lion was just doing what was natural."
"The lion shouldn't be in a cage."
I do see the outrage, but we are sort of burying the lead here, folks.
The poor woman lost her life.
Yet I work in the safety field and it is amazing to me that people will skip simple procedures and then will talk about what a 'tragic accident' it was when the natural course of action takes shape.
For instance:
There once was a man who was operating a lift unit at a strip mall. He had the unit up 40-feet in the air, and he bypassed one of the guards allowing him to move the unit while fully extended.
I stopped by and told him that he probably should follow the safeguards and at the very least fill in the holes on the sidewalk or that he'd put a tire in the hole and flip the freaking thing over.
He assured me that he'd take care of it.
The next day he flipped the freaking thing over and broke everything but his lips.
The rest of the crew spoke of the horrible accident.
He sued the company and the lift manufacturer. He never worked again. In fact, there were a lot of things he never did.
"Isn't it horrible what happened to Jerry?" someone asked me in the weeks following the incident.
"Stupid is as stupid does," I answered.
But can you imagine if after that incident they had shot the lift?
People do need to be trained. People do need to be policed. People do need to understand the dangers and be safeguarded from their own stupidity.
It's not about stealing rights, it's about protecting people from their own worst enemy:
Not the lion.
Not the lift.
Not the pail full of soda
Or the gun
Or the cigarette
But themselves.
'Cause they'll leave the gate open more often than not, and then wonder why they were mauled to death.
It's a funny thing about those big animals and those big fish.
When left alone with us, they will crush us, or maul us, or bite us.
As cute as they might seem.
Evidently there was a procedural error of some sort and the lion either picked a lock or was left behind a door that was supposed to be closed but wasn't. There are reports that the poor girl was on the phone and that perhaps the lion just wanted to play with her because he cuffed her, breaking her neck and then didn't really maul her much after that.
We all hate when someone is on the phone and ignoring us, right?
The lion was shot to death so that the rescue people could get to the woman.
And do you know what people are screaming about the lost?
Yep - the dead lion.
"Why did they shoot the poor lion?"
"The lion was just doing what was natural."
"The lion shouldn't be in a cage."
I do see the outrage, but we are sort of burying the lead here, folks.
The poor woman lost her life.
Yet I work in the safety field and it is amazing to me that people will skip simple procedures and then will talk about what a 'tragic accident' it was when the natural course of action takes shape.
For instance:
There once was a man who was operating a lift unit at a strip mall. He had the unit up 40-feet in the air, and he bypassed one of the guards allowing him to move the unit while fully extended.
I stopped by and told him that he probably should follow the safeguards and at the very least fill in the holes on the sidewalk or that he'd put a tire in the hole and flip the freaking thing over.
He assured me that he'd take care of it.
The next day he flipped the freaking thing over and broke everything but his lips.
The rest of the crew spoke of the horrible accident.
He sued the company and the lift manufacturer. He never worked again. In fact, there were a lot of things he never did.
"Isn't it horrible what happened to Jerry?" someone asked me in the weeks following the incident.
"Stupid is as stupid does," I answered.
But can you imagine if after that incident they had shot the lift?
People do need to be trained. People do need to be policed. People do need to understand the dangers and be safeguarded from their own stupidity.
It's not about stealing rights, it's about protecting people from their own worst enemy:
Not the lion.
Not the lift.
Not the pail full of soda
Or the gun
Or the cigarette
But themselves.
'Cause they'll leave the gate open more often than not, and then wonder why they were mauled to death.
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