[kingattax]

Tea Party elephants will no doubt get the blame and also some democRAT loon will call for a ban on elephants.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"The young American woman trampled to death by elephants in Thailand was a "fearless" outdoor researcher who knew how to handle dangerous animals"

Looks like this was incorrect. RIP.

[ClearCase_guy]

A friend of Timothy Treadwell?

[doc1019]

Fearless can have a downside.

[Nervous Tick]

>> The young American woman was a “fearless” outdoor researcher

Fearless != invincible. An important lesson.

[GeronL]

fear is a natural survival mechanism

kind of obvious now...

[BykrBayb]

I wonder why she didn’t take pictures. Oh well.

[Zhang Fei]

Even experienced hunters armed with elephant guns aren’t fearless around wild elephants. She was fearless to the extent of foolhardiness. RIP.

[relictele]

It’s obviously painful losing a loved one but there seems to be a latter day trend of families rationalizing dangerous and foolish acts by claiming, to use this case as an example, the deceased ‘knew what she was doing’ (questionable, even doubtful) or that ‘she died doing what she loved’ (being trampled?).

It seems to be an offshoot of the self esteem culture in which nonstop meaningless praise is heaped on children.

[Revolting cat!]

She learned that elephants don’t respond to “here kitty, kitty...”

[bunkerhill7]

Kaeng Krachan National Park IS A GUN-FREE ZONE

[Jeff Chandler]

“Hold muh Lao Khao and watch this . . .”

[Fester Chugabrew]

She probably thought elephants to be more valuable than, or equal to, humans.

[ConservativeStatement]

How are the elephants?

[Paladin2]

Mammals can be tough critics.

[Revolting cat!]

What’s the elephants’ side of the story?

[jmacusa]

It’s never a smart thing to start annoying and making nervous and anxious large higher order animals you are eye level with like horses and elephants. They’re unaccustomed to being confronted like this and as this poor woman learned only to late they’ll let you know it and how.

[PLMerite]

Sometimes you get the elephant...

Seriously, sometimes even professionals make fatal mistakes.

[SeaHawkFan]

The young American woman trampled to death by elephants in Thailand was a "fearless" "stupid" outdoor researcher...

Fixed it.

[Revolting cat!]

In before shame on you, a woman is dead and you’re joking!

[Uncle Chip]

There are times when it is more judicious to fear more than it is to fear less.

This was one of those times.