[pnh102]

Can someone explain this to me... I keep hearing the word “tragic” thrown around to describe this event. Maybe I am just heartless but I do not see it this way... I mean, the guy chose to get drunk as a skunk, chose to go driving, and killed himself and his passenger as a direct result of these choice. Is tragedy applicable here, or is the definition of tragedy restricted to more “freakish,” “random” events?

[Tax-chick]

I’m trying to care, but honestly, the best I can do is, “Thank God he only killed one other person.” And I’m sorry for the families of both. If one of my sons turns out to be a jackass and kills himself, I’ll be sad.

[angcat]

He killed his passenger?

[Farmer Dean]

Tragic does not apply.Tragic was when the local High School quarterback and his buddy were drag racing here a few years ago and he collided with a young mother and her 6 year old daughter-killing them both.

[wideawake]

Technically, a tragedy is the downfall of a hero who has one flaw that leads to his fated and inevitable demise.

But now it apparently means any event that anyone perceives as sad.

It frustrated me that 9/11 was continually referred to as a "tragedy" when it was, in reality, an atrocity.