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The Idiots Who Thought of This should be Sued

Started by Karoli · 7 months ago

Imagine — some marketing yahoo at a radio station comes up with the idea of “Holding Your Wee for a Wii” that left this 28-year old mom* of three kids aged 10, 3 and 11 months dead of water intoxication after drinking nearly a gallon of water.
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  • kmilyun

    2 years ago

    Nice post. I refrain from blogging about this. It is a hard one as we know the family. I think looking at the advertisment that was up for the contest originally that I might have assumed that the station had checked into the over consumption of water and found out that so many oz. every 15 mins would keep anything bad from happening. Not everyone watches the news, not everyone heard about the kid that died in Chico from this. No one is informed about everything in the world.

    Yes, I think the over hype of the games has created a bunch of kids that feel left out if they do not have the latest and the greatest. Many of these kids parents are also members of the commercialized society. The DJ's are of a generation that tends to lack common sense ( for lack of a better way to say this). I am not saying everyone who bought games this year is in the give me want me club but just as I wanted my camera ( a real give me want me deal) - kids want their game console - and parents want to make their kids happy.

    The radio station did what it is in business to do - get listernes involved and get the advertising bucks. I just wonder who provided the game. Who's promo idea was it? When the station is forced to - I am sure we all will know. I would like to think that the DJ's feel guilty but then perhaps it was not in their control either.

    Just hope that everybody remembers her kids, her parents, and friends in their prayers.
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