Monday, November 01, 2004
Dr. Danielle Laraque, a New York pediatrician, has come to the shocking conclusion that it is still possible, despite attempts by people like her, for kids to have fun. At issue is the fact that air rifles, despite their innocuous name, do not in fact shoot air. They shoot steel pellets that if aimed at a kid's eyeball might really hurt them. Instead of conducting this research, it would've been a lot more cost effective to simply ask, well, pretty much anyone. Ok, probably not the kid that shot another kid in the eyeball, but anyone else.
I assume the point of this study was to highlight the fact that as a country we do not have enough rules, laws, and warning labels. It's pretty amazing that anyone made it past youth back in the days when people had only their own common sense to rely on, without the government doing the thinking for us.
I assume the point of this study was to highlight the fact that as a country we do not have enough rules, laws, and warning labels. It's pretty amazing that anyone made it past youth back in the days when people had only their own common sense to rely on, without the government doing the thinking for us.
