Minor league coach killed by line drive

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by fitump56

Originally Posted by fitump56
It's the age old argument, one life, what is it worth?



I am the last of the last to have governments or governing bodies dictate any considerations into my life but I am not so hard-grained, anti-Government to refuse to accept the enormous amount og good "Big Brother" has done for us. The facts are clearly evident in the belt and helmet cases you have cited. Thank God they did force it on us.

Equating governing bodies with always malicious intent when they often save us from ourselves (Big Brothering as you call it) runs a truly deaf ear to US history.

First off, before you ever defend anything called Big Brother you need to read 1984. I garauntee you will never use the term Big Brother as part of the defense of anything again.

Second, you are not the last of the last because you clearly are going to go before me.

Third, the issue is not so much who is dictiating what as whether or not it makes any sense. A batting helmet runs about $35. You are going to require every team to buy 2 more. That's $70 a team. Now how many teams are there in America? There's well over 100 in my league alone. We're talking hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars and in the end the coach still dies because he was hit in the neck. It doesn't make any sense to mandate it because its too expensive for too little return.