Surely Wimbledon play should be stopping for today given the horrific incident at the school?

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Just that really....feels very disrespectful to all those affected.

I'm a huge tennis fan and I think it should too.

I don't think a huge world sporting event has to be called off because of a road traffic accident in another part of the town, is it? It's not like the two things are connected in any way.

If someone is killed by a car over a mile away from your local Tesco, would you expect the supermarket to close all day?

No, that would huge disruption to thousands of people and to the entire tournament. The event at the school isn't a major terrorist attack although the death of a child is clearly very sad. Continuing the tournament has nothing to do with lack of respect.

^would cause huge disruption

I don't think so, no. Awful as it was, it's nothing to do with the tennis

no. news happens every day, the world doesn't stop turning.

why for this little girl and not the millions of others? it's not like it happened on the court

It didn’t occur to me to link the two tbh.

If the accident had happen at the tennis courts, maybe. But not just because it was in Wimbledon. Where would it end?

Surely a number of people have died tragic accidents all over the country/world everyday this week.

The events are incredibly sad, but you can't cancel a world event for every accident.

Well no, it's not close by

No don't be silly. What would that achieve?

They're entirely separate events in entirely separate parts of the city. Of course Wimbledon should continue

No.

People, including children, get killed by cars every day.

No! It's an awful tragedy but there is no connection between the 2 events apart from it being in the same local area. They weren't remotely near each other though.

Why should it? It's not connected.

Life goes on, as callous as that sounds.

Don't be ridiculous

Of course not, we cannot pause everything every time a tragedy happens in the neighbourhood or in the world.

I am sure you carried on as normal when worst things happened.

A minute of silence in respect when things are a bit clearer is enough.

It's utterly heartbreaking for all those affected and I'm sure it feels like everything should stop for them.

At my niece's school a Y11 child was killed in a road traffic accident the Saturday before GCSEs started on Monday. All his friends and school mates had to go in and sit their GCSEs having just lost their friend tragically. It was awful.

As tragic as the incident is, no, of course not.

They're not linked.

Of course not, they are unrelated

Did you think it had happened at the actual tournament?

Im reminded of the morning we went to school after 3 of our schoolmates died in a fire.

and of the day we went to school after another had been killed in a car crash the night before.

and the day a beloved student finally succumbed to a lifelong illness

there were more. I went to large schools and there are many years as a student. Those are just the ones that stand out.

not even my own school shut down for tragic deaths. Life kept going.

Do you think all the shops in the area should close as well? All the offices? It's sad, but one thing has nothing to do with the other.

Don't be absurd.