On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:14:37 +0100, "PG"
wrote:


"Champ" wrote in message
.. .
| On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:23:40 +0100, "PG"
| wrote:
|
| Back on the subject of helmets, my 12 year old watched a shot of
Baxter
| on Ski Sunday in the slalom, and was disgusted that he wasn't wearing
a
| helmet - ok it wasn't a speed discipline, but they really can
travel...
|
| She was disgusted? That a grown mad could make his own judgement on
| what precautions to take for his own life? See, this is what happens
| when we insist that kids wear helmets....

She was disgusted with what she saw as the example she felt was being
set, actually. A pretty mature position to hold for a youngster,
certainly beats jumping to conclusions about the motives/thinking of
others as you've just done!

Shows a certain level of brainwashing, i'd say, rather than maturity.
A mature mind would allow that others have the right to think for
themselves, rather than just doing what may be perceived to be
politically correct, which is very much what 'setting an example' is
about. Ski racers have other priorities, far more important to them,
than what sort of an example they set to 12-y-o spectators.

I hope you explained this to her, in order to broaden your mature mind
even further, and hopefully help her be able to make decisions for
herself later in life.

And the comfort factor in the slowest of the [race] disciplines was the
main motivator here, very little to do with judgment about the
precautions to be taken.

I'm sure that any comfort-based decision would be weighed up against
any safety concerns.

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