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sobriqueI'm no longer and ebay virgin. Finally plucked up the courage to buy something.
A set of 3 throwing knives.
Now of course, I just need to hope they get delivered :)
Last night I heard there's a new campaign, to get increase safety in residential areas. Now don't get me wrong, I think that in places where there's likely to be children around, a driver should be paying attention, keeping the speed down etc.
I can't help but feel though, that blaming "children runs in front of car, child dies" accidents on the driver is just covering over the real problem. As a parent you have a duty to look after your children. Not blame it on 'drivers' (even though most of these parents are also drivers, who bumble around in stupidly large SUVs at offensive speeds), not blame it on 'teachers', not blame it on the 'government'.
When you have a child, you have a responsibility to them, as a parent. This includes teaching them that a vehicle in motion is bigger and harder than ... well almost anybody. And they go SQUISH. In varying degrees of squishyness. (Personally, I've been hit by a car several times, and never came away with more than bruises).
Seriously, the number of times I've seen cars driving up on pavements to run over pedestrians... well actually I've never seen it.
Roads are for cars. Pavements are for pedestrians. If you as a ped want to fight with a car doing 30, then you will lose.
If you're in the middle of the road at the time, then you're being a fuckwit, and frankly the world is better off without you. My only regret is that it's not the parent getting run over instead of their sprog.
Coddling your child, locking them in your house and force feeding them playstation is _not_ fulfilling parental duties. Take them outside. Show them the world. Let them learn that in the real world, there is no 'reload' button. And yes, they will probably cut themselves. Fall over. Fall out of trees. Break limbs.
These are important lessons in life. That injuries are real, and are really very easy to gain. It gives one a measure of respect for things that are genuinely dangerous that you do not get from TV.
A set of 3 throwing knives.
Now of course, I just need to hope they get delivered :)
Last night I heard there's a new campaign, to get increase safety in residential areas. Now don't get me wrong, I think that in places where there's likely to be children around, a driver should be paying attention, keeping the speed down etc.
I can't help but feel though, that blaming "children runs in front of car, child dies" accidents on the driver is just covering over the real problem. As a parent you have a duty to look after your children. Not blame it on 'drivers' (even though most of these parents are also drivers, who bumble around in stupidly large SUVs at offensive speeds), not blame it on 'teachers', not blame it on the 'government'.
When you have a child, you have a responsibility to them, as a parent. This includes teaching them that a vehicle in motion is bigger and harder than ... well almost anybody. And they go SQUISH. In varying degrees of squishyness. (Personally, I've been hit by a car several times, and never came away with more than bruises).
Seriously, the number of times I've seen cars driving up on pavements to run over pedestrians... well actually I've never seen it.
Roads are for cars. Pavements are for pedestrians. If you as a ped want to fight with a car doing 30, then you will lose.
If you're in the middle of the road at the time, then you're being a fuckwit, and frankly the world is better off without you. My only regret is that it's not the parent getting run over instead of their sprog.
Coddling your child, locking them in your house and force feeding them playstation is _not_ fulfilling parental duties. Take them outside. Show them the world. Let them learn that in the real world, there is no 'reload' button. And yes, they will probably cut themselves. Fall over. Fall out of trees. Break limbs.
These are important lessons in life. That injuries are real, and are really very easy to gain. It gives one a measure of respect for things that are genuinely dangerous that you do not get from TV.
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Date: 2004-10-14 08:31 am (UTC)Erm, well, duh.
Yes. Of course it is.
Arguments of 'well, I had right of way' don't cut it when you've just stepped in front of a car and been run over.
There may or may not be 'fault' but one guy's dead, so he doesn't care any more.
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Date: 2004-10-14 08:49 am (UTC)Never said they did...