[iceskater]

Re: your #22.

For crying out loud! Gimme a freakin' break. It's dangerous to walk across the street too. When are people going to start taking responsibility for themselves instead of whining for the government to hold thier little hands? I'm sorry that kid died after cracking his head open but helmets have been available for years. Why didn't those parents slap a helmet on the kid themselves instead of asking the government to do it for them???!!!

I'm not fussing at you, of course. Just the ludicrous nature of this whole thing.

[Ligeia]

No kidding. There are two threads running here today, one about a tragedy on the ski slope (no helmet) and another about a girl killed by jumping on the bed in a pillow fight. Sadly, she fell and knocked her head (again, no helmet). There are risks in life. No helmets for living life, and no helmets at the roller rink!