Listening to them laugh and joke around about it is kind of sickening. You could ask a 15 year old if he thinks it might be dangerous to drink large amounts of water in a short amount of time and he'd probably say something like... 'duh'.

Anytime an organization has you sign a release, be very wary of what you're getting into.

that is something..those dudes sound like dicks. as most morning djs do

Sad fucks, some woman calls to tell that it's dangerous, they answer something like, it's ok they can just throw up when it's to much. At least it going to court kinda obvious that that would happen.

I gotta say I agree with Johnny Wadd here. If I give you 10 bucks to jump off of a bridge, am I held accountable? No. So why is this any different?

10 people were fired along with the DJs, so it's a group fault thing. Nintendo is reportedly also named in the suit; who knows how many people thought this was a good idea

It's NOT the same as paying someone to jump off a bridge because most people don't know that drinking too much water can be fatal. If I didn't know better I would believe their claims that I would just throw up if it got too bad.

Notice that assisted suicide still counts as murder even if the person dying signs a waver. They are responsible to provide a reasonable measure of safety even if they're making the person sign a waver.

"10 people were fired along with the DJs, so it's a group fault thing. Nintendo is reportedly also named in the suit; who knows how many people thought this was a good idea"

What? Nintendo was named in that suit as well? I need to go checl it out now...

Agreed with the few up there. ABOVE ALL it's the idiot contestant's fault for even signing up for the moronic fuckbag contest that did ensue. The DJs are merely getting what they want: idiot people that they can feed off their their ratings. Don't sign up, and they won't get it. Sucks that she's dead, but, but she should have had more common sense. *shrug*

they're... fucking retarded

I think the case really boils down to what the waiver said, and until then, I can't really assign to much blame. I still maintain that, ultimately, the woman signed up, of her own volition. She is as responsible for her own safety (and that includes water poisoning) as anyone else.

As far as this tape is concerned, it's their job to be funny, to be irreverant, to be entertaining. Yes, they're retarded and aren't taking themselves seriously -- and that's exactly what they're being paid to do.

@Orcist

Oh just so you know, You can be held accountable for telling someone to jump off a bridge. If you tell them it's totally ok to do so. Don't believe me? Look up lawsuits involing bungee jumping. Here's just one http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3898/is_199908/ai_n8853411

ANYONE who says that the DJ's and radio station shouldn't be held accountable for this is a horrible person (I've written waaaay too much on one of the wired blogs about this regard).

The fact the contestant willingly chose to drink that water is irrelevant; the radio station provided both the water AND the incentive to drink it. It wasn't the victims choice alone, it was very much also the individuals at the radio station's choice as well.

- Eddie

there is no waiver on earth that lets someone legally kill you. somebody is probably going to jail

I'm on the waiver bandwagon. If the waiver said something to the effect of "Danger of death due to water poisoning" then I think the station is responsible.

Some people gotta show a teeny bit of sympathy sometimes. Shit, this was just some young mom that wanted to win a Wii for her kids. Now she's gone. That's fucking sad, and the lack of humility of those douche dj's and tons of peeps and the internet sucks ass.

DJs are dumb.

A normal person knows this.

Lezbro, take it easy. I know you are perfect. You never make mistakes, never had a drink and drove your car, never smoked pot, never had unprotected sex. I know, you probably never did ANYTHING that involved any type of negative consequence.

Like in the America bashing, 1000 post topic, you're taking it too far. Do you go outside your fucking house? Do you live your life? People, every day, do far worse things than drink too much water. And live. This woman drank water and died.

I'm sure you could tell us exactly what the limit is for water intake for a human right Lezbro? What is the water to body weight threshold? Sure if you intake too much of anything, you could die. But unless someone told me, I probably wouldn't believe that I could die from drinking the amount of water they were giving me. I'd probably suspect that I would have to drink ten times that amount before I died.

I mean, you keep coming off like such a know it all. "Don't listen to these people....." Who the fuck are you? Why should we listen to anything you have to say? Christ man, not everyone in this world is as knowledgeable and perfect a human as you. They make mistakes, they enter contests to drink water. God forbid someone I love dies of cancer. Would I say to myself "Well, they deserved it because they chose to eat all those processed foods when they were a teen , and that eventually formed the nucleus of the cancer that killed them." No.

A person made a choice to enter this contest. Did she know the dangers of water poisoning? Probably not. Should they have warned her? Yes.

It's people like Lezbro who are so far out of touch with reality they make me want to cry.

The bottom line is that the most important thing in life/society/love/etc. ISN'T being responsible for yourself; it's about being responsible for others.

The radio station is and should be responsible for it's guests. The fact the victim willingly participated is irrelevent; the radio station handed her a lethal amount of water and told her to drink it if her kids wanted that Wii so damn badly.

They (the radio station, to make it clear to Lezbro) failed in their responsibility. They (still the radio station Lezbro) should be punished for this.

- Eddie

Fucking clowns...

Im in favor of Lezbro, only because he gave me a free KFC gift card, and Im a fat greasy american pig.

So I'm going to catch the clap from KFC chicken? Fuck this is more risky than I thought.

"I can barely move"

"Hahah it looks like she's three months pregnant!"

"HAHAHA She's about to pass out!!"

That is probably the most horrible thing I've ever heard. But why is there 30 seconds of nothing at the end?

@Yuphrum


even more reason not to do something stupid to your body...you have children/a family. common sense anyone??