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In response to "Honestly, I expect to raise my children how I was raised. Which is to say, they won't be bubble wrapped." by Name Withheld By Request

shouldn't you pay attention to new knowledge? that's how civilization has advanced. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu) Dec 22 '08, 13:51

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Sure, which is why I wouldn't rule out getting a helmet either. But would I let any of my nieces or nephews ride without one without fear? For sure. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 13:58 3
- this is where I disagree 100%. I can make my own choices. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 14:02 2
  - That's the point! It should be a choice, shouldn't it? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 14:07 1
    - for adults. What if kids made all of their choices? What do you think they'd eat? would they go to school? -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 14:09
To be fair, he IS doing his part to prevent our de-evolution into an idiocracy. A nanny state kind of marches inexorably towards it. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:52
Naw, he's going to put them out on a mountain cliff as a baby, if they survive, the gods willed it -- nm - The Christmas Carol Coalition Dec 22, 13:52 11
- Screw advances in medicine. His kid gets leeches! -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 13:52 10
  - See this is how ridculous the debate has gotten. We're talking about a fraction of a percentage of injuries compared to users and all of a sudden.. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 14:05 3
    - a fraction of a percentage? Did you look at any of the actual numbers? Not even in the same universe. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 14:19
    - Did you miss the stat where 95% of fatalities involved people who were not wearing helmets? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 14:13 1
      - Two rebuttals: 1) What's the overall percentage of helmet useage? 2) What percentage of those deaths do you think the helmet would have prevented? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 14:20
  - How full circle it has come. We now use leaches to stimulate blood flow where there isn't any. -- nm - Redmond home from work, bad weather Dec 22, 13:54 4
    - I thought it was to drain off stagnant blood. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 13:55 3
      - A little from Column A, and a little from Column Medicinal Maggots -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 13:56 1
        
        mmm...medicinal maggots. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 13:58
      - Mike from Dirty Jobs ate some on his episode - so freakin gross -- nm - Pippy Dec 22, 13:56
  - Advances in "medicine" have shown the benefits of leeches. -- nm - NWBR si Dec 22, 13:54

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