Althouse: "I’m telling you, I swear to God, the face looked like a rubber mask."

April 4, 2014

David said...: Dear God.

I am sorry the man was fired. He needs a hug.; 4/4/14, 10:10 PM
Lucien said...: How old would Kitty Genovese be now?; 4/4/14, 11:29 PM
Qwerty Smith said...: Yes, the guy was just doing his job! We read this and we already know its a corpse, so the guy sounds dim. But someone who has not been queued would not expect to find a corpse laying around, and so would have no reason to suspect that something that didn't look like a corpse was, in fact, a corpse. Presumably, the guy wasn't fired for *repeatedly* putting tenants into the dumpster. Anyone who has ever made a dumb mistake, or maybe a not-dumb mistake, should cut this guy some slack.; 4/5/14, 12:32 AM
stlcdr said...: In some circles, falling for an April Fools joke can have the ridicule of falling for it drawn out for an extended period of time.

Ridicule - and the greater forms of it - are becoming a significant part of society (TV reality shows, hidden cameras everywhere). It can be very damaging to a persons psyche. at the same time, though, people do need to develop a thicker skin.

While, in this case at first glance, it seems hard to accept that a dead body looks like a mannequin, we are not in the position to judge - posting pictures, obviously, is a fine line that would need to be crossed. How many of us routinely see and identify dead bodies?

I have a sad feeling that there's a possibility that the outcome from this may be further tragic.; 4/5/14, 5:58 AM