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Re: OT -Are we teaching our kids NOT to pay attent
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Posted by TimFL on August 31, 2004 at 09:50:04 from (66.14.180.152):
In Reply to: OT -Are we teaching our kids NOT to pay attention? posted by NC Wayne on August 30, 2004 at 20:22:31:
I agree with what you say but for me the problem is not the safety equipment but the govt mandates that force us to use them.
Lets take air bags, shouldn't they at least have a switch to turn them off. A friend of mine twice has had air bags deploy from hitting potholes on the farm. Them things are rough on the body. Back up alarms have their place but not forced on everything. Seat belts have their place but when you are putzing around the farm that beeper telling you to buckle up is agravating.
My take on things is that stuff is going to happen. That is a part of life. But to try and saftey device us to the point that we no longer have to take any personal responsibility for our actions is insane. Just lock us all in separate rubber padded rooms so we dont hurt ourselves or others.
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