Ned Pepper's Outrages

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Sometimes bad things just happen

In more news, the Graco Stroller people have "recalled" millions of baby "strollers" made since 2008 because 4 children have reportedly strangled in them. Now, Ned would feel devastated if one of his children were to strangle in a stroller, but sometimes shit happens, and its nobody's fault.
But wait. The strollers were manufactured in -- you guessed it--China, at of course the cheapest possible price. And if you look at these things, they are almost bewilderingly complicated, with all sorts of "fail-safe" add-ons designed, apparently, to protect the infant during transit. But even so, 4 children dead out of two million seems infinitesimally few tragedies, when dozens of children are shot each year, hundreds are poisoned, hundreds more are beaten to death by "parents", and dozens more are left to cook in cars, abandoned by their parents.
Ned wonders moreover how children who are attended by their parents could strangle. Aren't these kids being watched? Are the ones who died in the care of nannies?
Like so many "news" stories, Ned expects that the devil is in the details, but wonders how many "bereaved" parents will take advantage of this tragedy to sue the manufacturer for millions.
Stay tuned.

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