RIP HARAMBE :(

[blueberryhill]

I had a conversation about Harambe this morning, I didn't raise the subject of him another woman did and both the women I was with raised a point I hadn't heard being made yet and it was about the little boy. They both said had they told their child no, their kid wouldn't have dared be so disobedient as to slip through the fence or whatever the hell it was. That's a good point and I believe it's true. As a little kid I wouldn't have deliberately done something I was specifically told not to because I knew there would be consequences.

He went over the fence very quickly as I understand it. One minute he was there, the next he was swimming with the gorilla. The kid was obviously a handful, but as a parent, she should have been aware of his whereabouts at all times BECAUSE she knows he's a handful and they are in a public place. My son had a leash similar to what Sally described and I didn't give a fuck what other people thought about it. I think his was a monkey backpack with the leash grommet. He liked it and I always knew where he was. My daughter always stayed stuck to my leg in public. I have to ask though... Why wasn't there and outcry like this when Clapton's kid fell out of a window to his death? Is it because this woman can't play a guitar or is it because we have social media now?

Most likely it was because Clapton's child did not fall on an animal and kill it....and the social media has made us all busybodies getting into everyone's business. Sometimes, we just need to mind our own business....

In the case of this beautiful gorilla, perhaps all Zoos will improve their barriers, because as long as humans inhabit this planet, parents will continue to be irresponsible, etc......Signs which say "Danger, do not climb," or "Keep Out," etc. are meaningless in today's World. Just maybe this incident will help this from happening again due to a better barrier, not because all parents become more responsible....