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4 Confirmed Dead After News Helicopters Collide

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Best Buckeye;890136; said:
I don't see much to laugh at there
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OCBuckWife;890142; said:
I guess you would have to understand how often we here in SoCal see high speed chases...
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then i am led to ask: do you watch the chases that are televised? if you do (ever), then you are no better--and, in fact, are likely worse--than those stations that air the chases. the chases wouldn't be aired if they weren't great for ratings.
 
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OSU_Buckguy;890179; said:
then i am led to ask: do you watch the chases that are televised? if you do (ever), then you are no better--and, in fact, are likely worse--than those stations that air the chases. the chases wouldn't be aired if they weren't great for ratings.
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No, we don't watch them. We don't agree, as we said,with the televised high speed chases so we get up and walk away or turn the channel when they are on.
 
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jwinslow;890176; said:
I'm curious if some twisted types here would find it funny if their helicopters crashed into each other.
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I don't understand. If who "their" helicopters crashed into each other? The soldiers in Iraq that you quoted about? If that's what you mean, absolutely not, but the soldiers in Iraq are not flying after a two-bit car thief they are trying to make famous long enough to get some "eek" rating points. There is used to be something called "responsible journalism" and the high speed chase filming is NOT it.

If you mean the hypothetical situation of OCBF and I in our own helicopters, we wouldn't be following said high speed chase in the first place. Plus, we are dirt poor, we couldn't afford helicopters! :biggrin:
 
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The main point is that it's not funny that four people died doing their jobs, regardless if you agree with what they air or not. Even if you dispise most TV reporters who do broadcast the chases, what about the pilots? Are they "laughable pieces of shit" worthy of ridicule simply because they happen to pilot for TV stations instead of for someone else or in their own private business?
 
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Best Buckeye;890163; said:
Do you think it's funny any time four people die.? I don't. No matter what the circumstances.
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No, I do not think it's funny any time four people die.

When 4 people die in a Darwin Award style, absolutely.


I have a healthy appreciation and respect for Death. I do not hold the same feelings for idiots who die from complete stupidity. They did not respect the possibility of death enough.
 
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everyone should chill a little bit... so they laughed that some people we dont know died... big deal.. does it hurt ANYONE to take humour? agree with them or not it doesnt matter for godsake.. i dont know them, so i dont really care that they died.. hundreds of thousands if not millions of people are dying everysingle day, all over the world... if i dont know or care about the people, then why would i worry about it.. its gonna happen.. these one just managed to "make some news" by doing so.
 
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They said the idiot who fled the police and was later captured by the SWAT team will be charged w/ the 4 helicopter deaths. I think that is ridiculous. I understand the idea behind the law, that one is held responsible for any death resulting from criminal behavior, but this is tretching it too far. It is not the criminal's fault that the pilot screwed up-the pilots could have been covering a traffic jam or an overturned truck. There was a situation in cincinnati a couple of years ago where the Covington police were chasing a guy across the Suspension bridge footpath over something relatively minor, and a cop tried to climb over a barrier-not while in pursuit-and fell into the Ohio and died. The suspect was charged w/ the cop's death, even though the cop was not directly involved in the pursuit.
 
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Wow, this thread certainly went sideways, complete with an insult from Millani, huh...

Ok, now first off, do I think it's funny that 4 people died and thier familys will suffer? No, I don't, I think that part is really sad, however, it's gotten to a point where there's people proposing a high speed channel on cable because people want to watch these chases, and people have said after the chase they only did it to be on tv.

So, something needs to be done to stop it, there's now a LAW here in cali that during CERTAIN TIMES, you can't broadcast these chases. Nothing pisses me off more than watching the simpsons and suddenly a "breaking news" report comes on that's some dude in a stolen miata flying down the 405 almost killing people who are just doing thier commute, or worse in some cases.

There needs to be some responsibility in the media, there's a billion problems with our media right now and that's one of them.

What I find funny is two media outlets were in such a rush to get "the scoop" that they weren't paying enough attention and ran into each other. That to me is amusing.

And for all the crap the media pulls, landing in New Orleans to do a report and flying away, without helping anyone, doing "Special Reports" where they point out how bad a situation is but never really do anything to help it.

I see it as karma, how many people die in these chases a year? How responsible is it for the media to broadcast it? How responsible is it for the consumer to watch it and want more? Do we really live in a society where our idea of entertainment is that someone might really die in a chase? Or that people want to be noticed so bad they are willing to risk years in jail, and other peoples lives, just to have thier 15 minutes of fame?
 
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stxbuck;890193; said:
They said the idiot who fled the police and was later captured by the SWAT team will be charged w/ the 4 helicopter deaths. I think that is ridiculous. I understand the idea behind the law, that one is held responsible for any death resulting from criminal behavior, but this is tretching it too far. It is not the criminal's fault that the pilot screwed up-the pilots could have been covering a traffic jam or an overturned truck. There was a situation in cincinnati a couple of years ago where the Covington police were chasing a guy across the Suspension bridge footpath over something relatively minor, and a cop tried to climb over a barrier-not while in pursuit-and fell into the Ohio and died. The suspect was charged w/ the cop's death, even though the cop was not directly involved in the pursuit.
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Yes, the law has enormous potential for abuse. The side effect deaths of situations such as these high speed chases is terrible. We have a high speed chase at least once a day up in LA county. It isn't really news if it happens every day, so sending the helicopters to cover it is just irresponsible, it puts those pilots and reporters in danger that is unneccessary. As, as this incident illustrates, it can have disastrous consequences. The tv station should probably be charged somehow, IMHO.
 
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stxbuck;890193; said:
They said the idiot who fled the police and was later captured by the SWAT team will be charged w/ the 4 helicopter deaths. I think that is ridiculous. I understand the idea behind the law, that one is held responsible for any death resulting from criminal behavior, but this is tretching it too far. It is not the criminal's fault that the pilot screwed up-the pilots could have been covering a traffic jam or an overturned truck. There was a situation in cincinnati a couple of years ago where the Covington police were chasing a guy across the Suspension bridge footpath over something relatively minor, and a cop tried to climb over a barrier-not while in pursuit-and fell into the Ohio and died. The suspect was charged w/ the cop's death, even though the cop was not directly involved in the pursuit.
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Well, that at least makes some sense, because it was a cop. These reporters are just reporters who weren't even in direct contact with the suspect. If a suspect's car chase kills an innocent, that's one thing. If a suspect's car chase causes you to watch blindly and you cross the street wtihotu looking, too bad.

If I was the judge I'd be extra lenient on the guy because he helped get rid of these 4 wastes of society. Nice job!
 
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See this is the kinda shit that just cracks me up. We have a few posters that, I will agree it may be in poor taste for them to do so, laugh at the deaths of others but they do it in one post/thread for the first time while at BP, and people jump all over them. At the same time there are other posters around here that get off on others misfortune/deaths/tragedy and yet they get no flack from anyone. What a joke. Wake up people....we are all Buckeyes, so let's not pile on one another. If you don't agree with somebody just ignore it...unless it's in the Poli forum....and then just let the hate flow! :wink:
 
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