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Originally Posted by cuteASAbug
I gotta ask this- do you ever just shut up? I'm sure that there are people on this board from SDSU who knew Jenny and don't want to hear this. And I'm sure that her sisters are dealing with a lot of grief and survivor's guilt now and don't need a random stranger on a messageboard blaming them for their sister's death. A young lady died long before she should have. Regardless of how she died, you should still be respectful of her family and friends.
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In any other forum, you might have a point. But this is the Risk Management thread, where by definition the conversation will, and should, extend beyond the incident itself to the lessons that can be learned.
Sure, Kevin's post might have been worded a little differently, as it seems to assume that her sisters knew or should have known she was using cocaine, which may or may not have been the case. (For all we know, this was her first time.) That said, this kind of discussion about mutual responsibility and avoiding risk in the future is exactly what this particular forum is all about.
It is indeed sad that this young woman died, and my sincere sympathies go out to her family, her Alpha Phi sisters and her friends. I can only imagine the pain they must all feel, and I pray that imagining that pain is all I ever have to do.
That said, it will be equally sad if we don't look at the situation to see what we can learn from it in the hopes of avoiding the same pain being felt by other families and different sets of friends.