I used to ride my horse and bicycle all over Hell's half acre all the
time wearing a baseball cap. Never gave it a thought. Today in some
places kids are required by law to wear helmets while on their bikes.
On state lands (and most of the riding is on state lands in Florida)
kids are required to wear a helmet.
I must say that I am happy I was a kid when I was a kid. Those were
simpler times and the risk were less. The problem I think is simply too
many people.
Truman
Barbara McCrary wrote:
At one time, sustaining an accident was
purely a private matter, and if a person wanted to risk an accident,
that was his choice. Nowadays, there are lawsuits, insurance premiums,
health and hospital costs (which are astronomical), etc. and no one is
willing to risk anything, anymore, because of the horrendous costs.
I keep picturing in my mind a scene of our
pioneer forefathers, who could take off on a whim, come westward, risk
desert, mountain, and river crossings without having to apply for a
permit, an EIR, and ESA, or anything else. The problem is: too many
people wanting a piece of the same pie and none of them willing to take
risks without finding someone to blame for an accident. I am saddened
at the state of affairs, yet grateful that I didn't have 15 kids
because there was no birth control, and then lose 1/3 of those kids to
some childhood disease that we don't even think about nowadays. And
life expectancy was about 40 for men and 45 for women...an age when
nowadays some of us are just getting started to ride endurance. It's
all a trade-off I suppose...
Barbara
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-- “Many people consider the things government does for them to be
social
progress but they regard the things government does for others as
socialism
“Many people consider the
things government
does for them to be social progress but they regard the things
government does
for others as socialism.” Earl Warren, former Chief Justice of the US
Supreme
Court
