Megan's post didn't warrant those comments
With respect, the post was designed to provoke a reaction and that is what it got.
Intentionally leaving out detail that significantly altered the context was always going to get a response, especially one that appeared to condone dangerous behaviour.
While you and others may know everyone around here and surmised there may be more to it, many others that do not have this context would have read it very differently and, as VF indicated, could have taken the wrong message away with them.