Safety

The following missive, by Lawrence A. Bullis of Phoenix to the "Arizona Republic," was reprinted in Harper's:

"Everyday some new do-gooder is trying to save us from ourselves. We have so many laws and safety commissions to ensure our safety that it seems nearly impossible to have an accident. The problem is that we need accidents, and lots of them.

"Danger is nature's way of eliminating stupid people. Without safety, stupid people die in accidents...

"With safety, however well-intentioned it may be, we are devolving into half-witted mutants, because idiots, who by all rights should be dead, are spared from their rightful early graves and are free to breed even more imbeciles.

"Let's do away with safety and improve our species. Take up smoking. Jaywalk. Play with blasting caps. Swim right after a big meal. Stick something small in your ear. Take your choice of dangerous activity and do it with gusto. Future generations will thank you."

-- (sis@home.zzz), September 01, 2000

Answers

"Let's do away with safety and improve our species. Take up smoking. Jaywalk. Play with blasting caps. Swim right after a big meal. Stick something small in your ear. Take your choice of dangerous activity and do it with gusto. Future generations will thank you."

Ya mean these things is dangerous? Playing with blasting caps? That ain't dangerous. That's kids stuff! (We ALL Jaywalk..come on) I like the Xtreme sports for pure stupid danger. Do a triple back flip on a bicycle..over a hard wood floor...now THATs cool!

(I never stuck small things in my ears...well...cept Q-tips..)

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), September 01, 2000.

Old Git posted an article on the new tb2k explaining how excess exercise is damaging the lungs of athletes.

So could someone explain to me why mescaline is illegal, but the olympics are not??

-- number six (#@#.com), September 04, 2000.

Well, 6, I can't help you... but I do want to come out in favour of the Darwin Awards! I believe that they can be found at darwinawards.com... but I'm not sure. Good for a laugh, anyway.

-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), September 06, 2000.