[MR] muscle cream death

[The Sheltons]

I think it is unfortunate when folks who are in acute grief are quoted and 
dissected.  When trying to make sense of such a horrific event as the death 
of a child, often there is overwhelming anger and denial that can easily 
overcome what you would choose to say in more "normal" circumstances. 
Pretty hard to conceive that such a loss was preventable.

I would prefer to think of her as grieving than as someone too stupid or 
unfit for survival.

Anne le Coeur

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky McEllistrem" <bmcellis at yahoo.com>
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] muscle cream death


> Some of those comments worried me myself.
>
> Rebecca
> --- Dexter Guptill <3fgburner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The mother sounds like she's a Darwin candidate,
>> herself (emphasis mine):
>>
>> >>Her mother, Alice Newman, said she still couldn't
>> believe her
>> daughter's death was caused by a sports cream.
>>
>> ``I am scrupulous about my children's health,'' she
>> told the Advance.
>> ``I DID NOT THINK AN OVER-THE-COUNTER-PRODUCT COULD
>> BE UNSAFE.'' <<
>>
>> Wait till she takes about 2000mg of Tylenol for a
>> hangover, while
>> she's still drunk...