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May 24, 2006
A thought for all the safe society nannies and would be nannies ....
Something to make you think a bit. Especailly all those who are so determined to create a society in which nothing bad can happen because they have made yet another law to prevent it, to take away personal responsibility or circumscribe some everyday activity. I rejoiced recently when I heard that an Approved Code of Practice drawn up by the morons of the HSE in Whitehall had been withdrawn because it was not only totally unworkable, but actually increased the danger if anyone was stupid enough to try and follow it! So think on the following!
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Not everyone succeeded at everything and some failed. Those who didn't succeed had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learnedHOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. And you might want to beat the living daylights out of the next namby-pamby wimp who suggests that something ought to be banned as "too dangerous"!
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
Posted by The Gray Monk at May 24, 2006 09:41 PM
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Those were the days!
Posted by: Gorse Fox at May 24, 2006 07:33 AM
It does, indeed. I thought it sounded sort of familiar - have a look at your posting from June 8, 2005 ;-))
I won't mind in the least, Monk, if you just junk this comment!
Posted by: The Scarlet Manuka at May 24, 2006 05:49 PM
Oops, I knew I could rely on you to spot the fact I was recycling!
Posted by: The Gray Monk at May 25, 2006 10:04 PM
People baby their children today. Not me. My six year old makes a mistake, I say "don't be an idiot" or "you're a loser". I don't bandage or kiss bumps. Kids today need to get over themselves. They have it way too good and yet they still think they need love & affection.
Posted by: marge ingersol at June 5, 2006 11:00 PM
