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"Clearly, this calls for stricter rope-control laws."

If they really cared cared for children, "the One (Messiah and Saviour) and other great Americans such as Pelosi and Franks would be calling for the outright ban on the manufacture of rope.

As it stand right now, any eight year old boy could walk into a hardware store and buy as much rope as he can afford. The next thing you know, he's climbed a tree and tied it to an overhanging branch and created a "Tarzan" swing. How many elbow must be scraped, arms broken and eyes poked out with sticks before we stop these evil (and probably conservative) swings.

It's not just these evil swings, either. What of all the poor little girls injured in the barbaric right called "Jumping Rope". We're dealing with a product that serves no real purpose and whose manufacture is ensured soley by the lobbyist from the vile NRA (National Rope Association).

Of course, neither of us is serious about "rope-control" laws, but we really should watch what we say in jest. In the nanny state this country has evolved into, some progressive idiot will see it and think it's a good idea. The next thing you know, we'll be seeing ads on late night TV saying, "Have you or a loved one been injured, scarred or killed by rope....."

On a more serious side, someone, most likely the family, really failed poor Karissa. This could only be the culmination of a string of signs there was trouble and they probably fretted and did nothing.