“Kite flying, schoolyard games and sports day sack races have all been hit by an ‘epidemic’ of health and safety excuses, which should be challenged by the public, the Government said.” [Independent] Plus: UK school deems leather balls too dangerous for youngsters, directs use of sponge balls instead [BBC]
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Ah, the government says these laws are ridiculous. Too bad the Government doesn’t know anyone who can do something about them.
Bob
maybe they should contact someone who really is in control: someone in organized crime…
@bob Goverment says that there are no such regulations. Did you read the article?
According to it, people are just making excuses on H&S. They want to ban something for whatever reasom, so they say it is H&S.
Yes, I did. And if the government says there are no such regulations and yet things are being done in these non-regulations’ names, then surely they can produce other laws that specify forbid this sort of behavior. Unles,s of course, they don’t have any more idea of how to draft a competent law than our congress does.
Bob
It is hard to believe that England once ran a global spanning empire. Check out the comments at the end of the Independent article. Someone has a good send up of Nelson and how he would never have won the battle at Trafalgar.
@KDP: Nelson was centuries ago. Still, in the time of the Grandparents of the current generation, the UK stood alone against the Axis powers for over a year and a half. Any bets on whether that would happen today?