20 Dec
2010
20 Dec
'10
11:25 p.m.
On 12/20/2010 4:26 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, Jonas Otter wrote:
Recent news seems to me to suggest that helmets are insufficient
protection. I know it's heretical, but I seriously suspect that US
style football should be banned as being way too dangerous. (If I'm
forced to wear a seat belt, why should they be allowed to do *that*?
But I'm not bitter...)
I was a lot like Tony all the way through grade school, high school and
college. As long as you don't count ping-pong and an occasional game of
volleyball. :-) I must confess that in the last 20 years or so I've
developed quite an interest in baseball, even though I only played
softball as a kid. I used to think baseball was a pretty safe sport.
Compared to US football I still think it is relatively safe, but I've
learned that it too has it's quite hazardous moments - just not every
play like football.
Later,
Charlie C.
Now now, Tony, you are being unfair. I don't
know about those Americans
who play that game where they run around in padded suits and helmets,
wrestling each other to the ground (I think they call it football for
some reason), . . .
Brawn doesn't preclude brains.
Unless you play without a helmet.