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OT -Are we teaching our kids NOT to pay attention?
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Posted by NC Wayne on August 30, 2004 at 20:22:31 from (152.163.253.97):
I just read the posts concerning "stupid" dads and the resulting followups. I don"t want to start another long discussion on stupid people here, that"s already been done in previous posts. What I would like to bring up though is something that the other posts overlooked. That is how all the "Safety Features" can often make a piece of equipment just as dangerous for children and adults as one with no safety features at all. Take for example backup alarms. How many of you have kids that make the beep-beep noise when they"re riding their tricycle, bicycle, or just playing with toys, when they back up??? My roomates boy (9yrs old) does it and my niece (2yrs old) does it. Both have been tought through TV, toys, etc that when a vehicle backs up there is gonna be an alarm...but what happens when that alarm breaks and isn"t there??? Basically they are being conditioned for the vehicle to let them know what it"s doing instead of them having use their own senses to verify what it"s actually doing. Then look at your "Average Joe" that gets an add on for his car or truck....Now it has an alarm, so now he doesn"t have to look good behind him before he backs up because everybody (Kids and adults) is automatically gonna know what he"s doing and their simply gonna move before he runs over them.....Either way it"s not painting a pretty picture in my opinion. Machinery is no more or less dangerous today than it was 25 or even 100 years ago, gears are still doing their thing, engines are still doing their thing, levers are still doing their thing, etc etc etc. The problem nowdays is that people in general have come to rely on the "safety Features" to keep them safe and that idea only goes so far. Safety is something you learn and practice on a daily basis, it"s not something that comes from some educated engineers "better design" or some government officials pen that knows nothing at all about the equipment he is "making safe" for the public. We all use equipment everyday that is dangerous, but learing, common sense, and paying attention are what keeps us all alive and our bodies intact. One last comment and I"m out of here...It used to be "survival of the fittest and smartest", but it"s not like that anymore. Nowdays with OSHA, MSHA, and all the other government agencies that protect the stupid people from themselves, the "stupid gene" is thriving in society. The big problem is that the ones that carry it are breeding and passing it on and their numbers are multiplying rapidly.....
Just my .02
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