[modeleng] Re: Accidents
- From: "I.D.PRIEST." <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 21:14:14 +0100
Gents,
Talking of the nanny state and at the risk of going off topic I attended a
seminar some weeks ago in which a doctor of some ology or other was
suggesting that evidence now shows that many young people don't transgress
adolescence till their mid twenties. The reason he gave was that life is
now too sterile and society is too safe. The knock on effect is that many
people don't learn by mistakes early enough and don't form cognitive
thinking processes till later in life.
He went on to suggest that in many cases modern parents are too good, too
protective and that parents really only ought to be good enough.
Food for thought maybe but form personal experience falling out of the odd
tree or two doesn't seem to have done me too much harm.
Regards, IDP
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other,
body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO - What a
Ride!"
"Never drive faster than your gaurdian angel can fly"
Priest & Sons Model Engineers
http://www.kinvermes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/p1.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "alan stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:24 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Accidents
Barrie,
I cannot comment on the gliding movement, but certainly sailing has chanegd
over recent years.
To go over to France or anywhere in mainland Europe, one now has to have a
Yachmasters Certificate.
It is very probable that this will be made a requirment here before long.
Yes, I can see the argument that "it is all for our own good", but wont get
into a polical debate.
We are extremely fortunate in having groups of hard working and able people
in the Federations who managed to prevent the Fairground and amusements
legislation being applied to our hobby. It is only thanks to them that we,
those who wish to, can still persue the hobby in the way we have for many
years.
However, the state, I am tempted to say "the nanny state", takes an
increasingly interventionalist interest in activities previously regarded as
private and personal, and that will no doubt increase.
In my opinion, giving "them" any opportunity to legislate, which publicising
accidents could easily do, would be a mistake.
As for my views on public running, fortunately there are many ways one can
aid and support the hobby, and ones own club, apart from public running,
and, of course, many people so do.
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Purslow" <bpduo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 9:22 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Accidents
Alan,
> However, over the course of time, the list of "near misses", would, no
> doubt, be an impressive one, at which point some authority or other is
> virtually certain to use it to prove how dangerous our hobby is, and from
> tha point onward, we would be tightly regulated, if indeed we were allowed
> to continue at all.
That's not the way things have worked in the gliding movement. On the
contrary, the "powers that be" (CAA) have, from time to time, looked at the
way accidents are handled by the movement, have been satisfied - and left us
alone.
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