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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived
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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (2432)2/19/2002 1:15:03 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 7720
 
I disagree with you but I can see how you feel the way you do about it.

Soon, the kids began to act like
they owned their streets, refusing to move when cars approached and forcing drivers to take detours.

I've never seen that either as a kid or as an adult. The kids always were too concerend about getting hit and would always get out of the way quickly.

If some kid were to be hit by a car, these permissive parents would file suit against the city in a heartbeat for allowing the games and for not providing adequate protection.

That is perhaps a bigger problem then either the games or banning the games. The fact that people sue someone who is not at all responsible for the damage done, and the fact that governments can be held legally responsible for not banning something if someone gets hurt doing it voluntarily. It leads not only to greater cost of government and a bigger busier court system, but also to a loss of liberty.

Tim
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