10 Feb
2000
10 Feb
'00
9:11 a.m.
Yes, that's true, but it's through no action or inaction (I hesitate to say
"fault") of you're own that you're all still in one piece.
I'd agree that allowing the masses the freedom to kill or maim themselves or
others is probably sound Darwin theory, the fact that people, despite their
poor judgement are left to boast about having survived despite the cited
obviously imprudent actions is adequate evidence that sound judgement isn't
a requirement for survival. The fact that my two boys, neither of whom was
either taught or allowed to engage in such actions are still around also
serves to point that out.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list(a)wfi-inc.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2000 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: Dumpster stories!
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, John Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 06:35:26PM -0000, Eric Smith wrote:
> > I suppose people are going to think I'm a jerk for saying such a thing,
> > but IMNSHO the tragedy here isn't that the kids were killed, but that
> > they hadn't been taught not to do such things.
>
> I agree... My parents covered all this stuff -- they told us not to dig
inside
> snowbanks because a plow might come, we all wore
seat belts way before
there
> was a law (bicycle helmets too), our parents
strictly enforced what we
could
Never a bicycle helmet, threw heavy rocks on the ice to see if it would
break (then made the biggest kid go out there first), built forts in
snowplow drifts, threw rocks at bees nests, climbed high trees, had B-B
gun fights, etc. Had enough money to buy bottle rockets and firecrackers.
Made lawn-chair pipe bombs with pyrodex. So did all of my friends.
We're still alive, and each of us still have 10 fingers and two eyes
apiece.