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Larry... I completely agree

Julie — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:19:56 +0000

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Larry... I completely agree with you! I was a diver and gymnast as a kid and I keep telling my kids that I grew up in the best era ever. And the people that have sued others for MOSTLY their dumb-ass judgement calls are the ones that have ruined it for generations to come! We have to think of every dumb ass move that someone else is going to make just to cover our asses in case we are sued. I bought a huge trampoline for my kids (& myself) and yah, they bounced off into the trees, fence and ground... but got right back up. brushed themselves off and laughed. They are now 18 and 21 and we laugh about all the crazy things they tried and do you know... that they have never even broken a bone? I'm in a new house now & have a pool, but couldn't bring my trampoline with me, couldn't put in a diving board or slide, because no insurance company would insure us. I wanted a super fun, entertaining place for my kids & step-kids, but now all they do is watch TV because everyone is so worried about getting hurt and sued. How sad.

I love it when you all pile

Bluesplashy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:16:37 +0000

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I love it when you all pile on the Canuckles.

@Larry (and Nebton upthread):

acanuck — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:38:32 +0000

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@Larry (and Nebton upthread): I'm not quite as flammable as you imagine. But just wait till Quinn catches up on his reading. He's the enforcer on this team, and he's not averse to taking a five-minute penalty -- even the occasional game misconduct. You've been warned.

OMG. You people are so old.

Orlando — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:32:08 +0000

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OMG. You people are so old. And also, OLD.

Banning diving boards is silly. Next we'll be banning electricity because a kid might stick a fork in an outlet. Little kids should be supervised, and if they're not, their parents are responsible. Teenagers are just stupid and a few of them are bound to sustain stupidity-related injuries, regardless of what we try to ban.

Pshaw. We regulate, litigate,

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:21:14 +0000

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Pshaw. We regulate, litigate, and ban dangerous stuff all the time. As I mentioned, mercury is fun to play with. So are drugs, explosives, and alligators. But that doesn't mean that people have the right to put them in the kids' playroom. Maybe diving boards don't meet the threshold, but they are dangerous, and there is a threshold, so it's at least worth asking the question.

Baseball, on the other hand, should be banned because it's boring, not dangerous.

If we banned things

Larry Jankens — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:20:29 +0000

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If we banned things Canuckleheads had trouble with we'd have to outlaw acting with backbone (they declared their independence in 1984 and the queen didn't even notice) - zing! j/k acanuck, the "a" doesnt' stand for "Admiral" as in Admiral Canuck, the cousin of Captain Canuck, does it?

But again, do we want a

Larry Jankens — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:11:00 +0000

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But again, do we want a society that legislates its citizens to be safe as opposed to relying on the citizens to take care of themselves? I'd rather be unsafe than less free [insert the Benjamin Franklin quote that people usually whip out at this point of the conversation, you know the one]

Hell yes!!!!!! Second most

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000

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Hell yes!!!!!! Second most boring sport ever to have someone actually pay for a ticket.

That's baseball, not hockey.

Oh, and

Nebton — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:59:53 +0000

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Oh, and that goes for hockey, as well.

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Swimming pools up here freeze

acanuck — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:59:48 +0000

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Swimming pools up here freeze solid in the winter. There's nothing worse than remembering that as you regain consciousness, cold, naked and with what you suspect is a concussion. Or so I'm told. Ban the boards!