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  1. #16
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    Definitely onboard with this. Particularly tired of my tax dollars being used to pay for self inflicted injuries playing all sorts of sport. Selfish types playing tennis then going to the doctor for treatment of tennis elbow, Playing Golf and going to the doctor with golfers elbow. The list of sports injuries is endless. We need to get these people sat on the floor doing nothing too.


    Quote Originally Posted by elanjacobs View Post
    Here's the counter-rant.

    What you do doesn't just affect you, it affects everyone around you and plenty of people who aren't around you too.

    If you lose an eye because you've decided that you don't need/want to wear glasses while hot chips/sparks are spraying everywhere, your family have to deal with it as much as you do. Your kids might miss out on playing sports with their dad because you've got no depth perception any more. You might not be allowed to drive (or have a restricted licence) for the same reason. Not to mention all the medical staff and resources that I have funded with MY tax dollars that will be spent fixing you up. You might end up having to claim unemployment and/or disability benefits for a while if you have an extended time off work or if you have to find another job, I pay for that with MY taxes as well. I don't particularly care to have those resources directed away from those who genuinely need them and put towards caring for people who have decided that safety isn't cool or convenient or somehow treads on their god given right to be a moron if they want to be.

    Same goes for (motor)cyclists without helmets and riding jackets, people who don't wear seat belts, people who use criminally under-guarded machinery/power tools, and all the other cases that I'm sure you can all think of that fall into the same category.

    YOU DON'T LIVE IN A BUBBLE. If there's one thing people should be sitting on the ground doing, it's having a good, long think about the potential consequences of their actions on other people instead of trying to stand up to the "nanny state system".

    We all do stuff we shouldn't (I know I do) because we keep getting away with it. Until that one time we don't. And then it's too late.

    Don't be a hero, be safe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pipeclay View Post
    What caused you to lose the volume in your speech?
    That would be the asbestos.

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    Took my 12 yo son to Pick a Part yesterday, he wanted to get some suspension springs and axles to use for his blacksmithing. Were advised upon arrival that due to OH&S idiocy no one under 16 could go in the yard.

    Went to our local wrecker who said no worries, go have a look through the scrap bin and take what you like. When I offered to pay he refused to take any money saying he was happy to encourage a kid and to come back any time.

    Just highlights the difference between the ISO acreddited corporate beheamouth and the small time local business. Common sense is getting rarer than rocking horse crap these days and the world is a poorer and more ignorant place for it. Exactly how do the safety nuts think kids learn to recognise and deal with hazardous situations anyway?
    Cheers,
    Greg.

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