Lessons to be learned
Adding insult to fatality?
I don't actually enjoy speaking ill of the dead, nor do I enjoy blaming the victim.
But sometimes there is an important difference between moral and practical blame.
The death of Ottawa civil servant and avid cyclist Danielle Naçu marks one of those times when it is better to risk hurting feelings than it is to observe the social niceties of soothing grief and anger.
So it is necessary to point out what many cyclists - and others - in Ottawa seem to have missed.
Namely, that if Danielle Naçu had been following two basic rules of safe cycling, she would not have been hit and so she would have almost certainly still been alive today.
For the rules and a bit of a rant, click here.
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I don't actually enjoy speaking ill of the dead, nor do I enjoy blaming the victim.
But sometimes there is an important difference between moral and practical blame.
The death of Ottawa civil servant and avid cyclist Danielle Naçu marks one of those times when it is better to risk hurting feelings than it is to observe the social niceties of soothing grief and anger.
So it is necessary to point out what many cyclists - and others - in Ottawa seem to have missed.
Namely, that if Danielle Naçu had been following two basic rules of safe cycling, she would not have been hit and so she would have almost certainly still been alive today.
For the rules and a bit of a rant, click here.
This entry was originally posted at http://ed-rex.dreamwidth.org/231982.html. Comment there using OpenID, or here as per normal.