Are People Really This Stupid?

The other day when I heard the news about the baseball fan who fell to his death at a Texas Rangers Game, I got real distraught.  I mean, here was a dad who took his 6-year old son to a ballpark, and within a matter of minutes he was dead.  I cannot begin to imagine, or even contemplate what would happen if such a tragedy occurred with me.

For those who don't know the story, you can read about it here, but long story short, the Rangers have a custom of tossing balls to their fans at every game.  When one of the outfielders threw a ball to him, the father reached too far over a railing and fell 27 feet onto a concrete pavement.  That wasn't the end of it.

It was expected he was going to live, because he was still talking to everyone, waving his hands back and forth, and even had a chance to talk to his son.  But on the way to the hospital he went into cardiac arrest, and died.  Shannon Stone was 39 years old.
The reason I'm writing this post, is because it almost happened again two nights ago.  

At this point, I'm about to re-evaluate my feelings on the whole matter.  Why on God's green earth would you attempt to do exactly the same thing Shannon Stone did (and DIE) at a baseball game?  

I swear, the first time I can feel sorry for you, because I may not understand the concept of it all; the 2nd time, I just can't!  Are people really this stupid?   

Keith Carmickle from Phoenix, Arizona would have been dead Monday night, if it were not for his brother and friend who grabbed his ass, and kept him from falling.

Thinking it's a funny thing, Carmickle says,

''I thought: I've lived a good life,'' as he's dangling.

Oh, really??? Unbelievable, and then he comes on Good Morning America today and says, "I was using bad judgement on my part."  No shit Sherlock!  What a change of heart all of a sudden.  I swear, I'm done with this post, it just keeps making me angry. ugh.