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Originally Posted by 33girl
When people are grieving, they can hardly get up and face the day, let alone learn or listen to "public service announcements."
IF it comes out that drinking truly was why she passed away, and IF the family or the sorority wants to do some sort of alcohol awareness thing a few months down the line, have at it. But right now? No. It's tacky, unfeeling and tasteless. And I didn't see any "message" from the family in that latter article, just an aside by the writer (i.e. no quotes).
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This isn't a public service announcement for her friends or family. Just writing an extra article about her is probably too much. This is about letting the thousands of teenagers who are going out and binge drinking every night know that there are ways that you can protect your friends who have had too much. You don't think there are Greeks at UF that could be helped by this story who aren't currently mourning her death? It's a big system. I bet that she didn't know everyone. Teens from her high school may be a good group to target as well for this message.
Also, you don't have to have a quote from a family member to indicate that the family is in support of a message. There have been many reports that have stated that her family was scared that something had happened because they knew that she had been drinking, and they thought she might have had too much. This sounds like a family that understood the risks but let their daughter have her own life. Now they just want others to know that those risks can be deadly. It doesn't take anything away from Molly Ammons. She sounds like an amazing woman. It's sad that she died such an avoidable death. Why is it that only her sorority can have an educational event about this if they want to? Her family certainly can authorize a focus on prevention. It's no different than family members of drowning victims going on a crusade to prevent children from drowning in swimming pools. Your judgement is being clouded by the sorority/alcohol involvement.
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