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1. What about all the kids whose lives are ruined by bullying, some of which commit suicide? 2. Why not ban skiing (etc) because lots of people get paralyzed o
by argumentum 13y ago
1. What about all the kids whose lives are ruined by bullying, some of which commit suicide?
2. Why not ban skiing (etc) because lots of people get paralyzed or die doing it?
3. Why not just ban everything even slightly fun, because fun things usually entail some risk?
- zzzeek 13y ago> Why not ban skiing (etc) because lots of people get paralyzed or die doing it? do ski resorts let schoolchildren onto the slopes without any kind of parental consent? I believe children aren't considered in the same way we do adults for a reason.
- argumentum 13y agoWhere did I say there shouldn't be parental consent? But it should be (as much as possible) on an individual basis (like ski slopes) rather than a collective one.
- vehementi 13y agoConsent? We're talking about the child's life, here! We can't just let parents consent to letting their child take massive risks! You can't "consent" that your child can jump into a murky lake or go down a slide with a rope in hand, so you certainly can't consent to letting them do something as reckless as skiiing.