Assumptions

Well, I feel a little better today, after talking to my friend Debbie last night. She tells me that Ikea (a store I LOVE) has little chandelier bulbs which are flourescent! I do tend to make assumptions sometimes, and this was one of those times. We all make them, but something I saw in today's paper made me think about it a bit.

Two lovely young girls were killed near Pakenham, struck by a car while walking home after a party, on a foggy night. One of them is a cousin of a cousin, but I didn't know either of them. It is an awful tragedy for the families and their friends.

The thing that upset me was that the newspaper printed a picture of a broken beer bottle by the side of the road where the girls were killed. Now, the report says that alcohol was not a factor, and the driver is not being charged, so what is this picture meant to imply? And why does the newspaper decide to make this implication?

Have you ever broken out in a cold sweat because you just narrowly avoided serious injury or worse, and it was due to some dumb mistake? Who hasn't? We all do it. I don't think walking on a foggy night is the highest risk-taking action I've ever heard of. Let those poor girls rest in peace, and don't try to lay blame.