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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 451659" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Lisa,</p><p></p><p>If you're showing your age, I'm right up there with you.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion - this is what happened.</p><p></p><p>Some dip sued McDonald's for their coffee being hot. (Err, unless you ask for ICED coffee, it's gonna be HOT.) And won.</p><p></p><p>A lot of others, looking for a way to make a quick buck, followed "suit" - pun intended.</p><p></p><p>So... Companies are now TERRIFIED. And so is the government. Because if we don't give specific instruction to stupid people (dumbing it down), someone might get KILLED - and then they might get SUED. (FWIW - just because you don't know something doesn't mean you're stupid. It means you haven't been exposed to whatever that is. STUPID is when you have the tools available and flat refuse to <em>consider</em> using them.)</p><p></p><p>(Has anyone here ever heard of natural selection, AKA survival of the fittest? Chlorine for the gene pool?)</p><p></p><p>I read an article that stated at least 32 infants have been killed by drop-side cribs in the last 9 years. (2001-2010). 32/9=3.5 per year. In 2009, the infant mortality rate was 6.8 <em>per thousand live births</em>.</p><p> <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/amh/factsheets/infant.htm" target="_blank">http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/amh/factsheets/infant.htm</a></p><p></p><p>So, unless you count a child getting caught in the drop side as SIDS - which by definition is <em>unexplained</em> - it's not even at the top.</p><p></p><p>Seatbelts are there so the EMTs don't have to <em>find</em> parts. They're also good for keeping flying children from smacking the driver in the head when a sudden stop is required.</p><p></p><p>Helmets are good as a required element in football, but the ones they have for cycling barely cover the top of your head. What's the point? Knee pads and elbow pads are good - less blood for Mama to have to deal with.</p><p></p><p>I have a hair dryer that has the requisite warning: Do not attempt to use while showering or bathing. Duh... Defeats the purpose, doncha think?</p><p></p><p>Maybe if we let the uncommon virtue called common sense rule instead of warning labels everywhere and OMG you have to have a plastic slide because the old metal ones got HOT and foam or wood chips cause sand and gravel are HARD, Darwin would step in.</p><p></p><p>And FWIW - those plastic slides get HOT too, and they're more of a danger because they don't LOOK hot like the metal ones did. AND, I've gotten more splinters from playgrounds since I became an adult than from stacking wood as a child. I fell off the monkey bars and smacked my head once - I never tried to walk on them again. DUH.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 451659, member: 6705"] Lisa, If you're showing your age, I'm right up there with you. in my opinion - this is what happened. Some dip sued McDonald's for their coffee being hot. (Err, unless you ask for ICED coffee, it's gonna be HOT.) And won. A lot of others, looking for a way to make a quick buck, followed "suit" - pun intended. So... Companies are now TERRIFIED. And so is the government. Because if we don't give specific instruction to stupid people (dumbing it down), someone might get KILLED - and then they might get SUED. (FWIW - just because you don't know something doesn't mean you're stupid. It means you haven't been exposed to whatever that is. STUPID is when you have the tools available and flat refuse to [I]consider[/I] using them.) (Has anyone here ever heard of natural selection, AKA survival of the fittest? Chlorine for the gene pool?) I read an article that stated at least 32 infants have been killed by drop-side cribs in the last 9 years. (2001-2010). 32/9=3.5 per year. In 2009, the infant mortality rate was 6.8 [I]per thousand live births[/I]. [URL]http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/amh/factsheets/infant.htm[/URL] So, unless you count a child getting caught in the drop side as SIDS - which by definition is [I]unexplained[/I] - it's not even at the top. Seatbelts are there so the EMTs don't have to [I]find[/I] parts. They're also good for keeping flying children from smacking the driver in the head when a sudden stop is required. Helmets are good as a required element in football, but the ones they have for cycling barely cover the top of your head. What's the point? Knee pads and elbow pads are good - less blood for Mama to have to deal with. I have a hair dryer that has the requisite warning: Do not attempt to use while showering or bathing. Duh... Defeats the purpose, doncha think? Maybe if we let the uncommon virtue called common sense rule instead of warning labels everywhere and OMG you have to have a plastic slide because the old metal ones got HOT and foam or wood chips cause sand and gravel are HARD, Darwin would step in. And FWIW - those plastic slides get HOT too, and they're more of a danger because they don't LOOK hot like the metal ones did. AND, I've gotten more splinters from playgrounds since I became an adult than from stacking wood as a child. I fell off the monkey bars and smacked my head once - I never tried to walk on them again. DUH. [/QUOTE]
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