Smart car crushed

[tuckevalastin]

Originally Posted by GeneW

.....was that because of a "lack of compassion" or an understated sense of horror that nobody wanted to discuss?

Apparently you've never been around a death scene? Nobody talks about the dead person because nobody wants to bring the horror to the forefront.

Gene

I've been around death scenes and I assure you I didn't spend my time there arguing over what type of car the person was driving and I didn't forget that someone lost their life.. so that's a moot point.

I'm not saying everyone should have spoke about the loss of life and nothing else, in fact I was interested in the dispelling of the Smart car myth here. I'm just pointing out that it is interesting that the point of death wasn't even brought up.

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by tuckevalastin

I've been around death scenes and I assure you I didn't spend my time there arguing over what type of car the person was driving and I didn't forget that someone lost their life.. so that's a moot point.

I'm not saying everyone should have spoke about the loss of life and nothing else, in fact I was interested in the dispelling of the Smart car myth here. I'm just pointing out that it is interesting that the point of death wasn't even brought up.

I avoid accidents like the plague. Where I saw death was during "Medical Misadventures" when people crashed and then coded during dialysis procedures. We didn't discuss death, we called it names like "hairball" or "loss". There is a huge amount of superstition in chronic care.

For example, I was forbidden to run in the back areas of most dialysis clinics because people running meant that someone had coded. They would not even say the word "Code" in many cases because it was thought to "bring bad luck". Code is also a term for computer programming, so imagine the potential for hard feelings.

So for me to "ignore" death is natural.

Is there a myth about Smart Cars? I did not know of such a thing, though I guess I cannot be blamed for that lack. Anything made by Mercedes Benz is going to be expensive to buy and cost a lot to maintain, so I ignored it.

Gene