Minor league coach killed by line drive

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

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.

You need to reread my post. Read Orwell, protested the Vietnam War, you're preaching to the wrong guy. BUT, that does not mean that BB is always evil, e.g. seat belts, environmentals, pollution......

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.

Au contraire, they bought and upgraded equipment when their liability insurance and the costs to defend, win or lose, multi-million $$ lawsuits became a reality. That fact and that fact alone may drive the use, if not, then you can expect nothing will transpire.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by fitump56

You need to reread my post. Read Orwell, protested the Vietnam War, you're preaching to the wrong guy. BUT, that does not mean that BB is always evil, e.g. seat belts, environmentals, pollution......

I suggest you reread 1984. Big Brother is nothing but evil incarnate. But you have to understand, I would never have protested the Vietnam war, except maybe the limited way in which it was fought.

Au contraire, they bought and upgraded equipment when their liability insurance and the costs to defend, win or lose, multi-million $$ lawsuits became a reality. That fact and that fact alone may drive the use, if not, then you can expect nothing will transpire.

The point is it won't become a reality. It was a fluke incident.

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by fitump56
You need to reread my post. Read Orwell, protested the Vietnam War, you're preaching to the wrong guy. BUT, that does not mean that BB is always evil, e.g. seat belts, environmentals, pollution......

Originally Posted by Eastshire

I suggest you reread 1984. Big Brother is nothing but evil incarnate. But you have to understand, I would never have protested the Vietnam war, except maybe the limited way in which it was fought.

Orwell was fun reading in 1975. You won't find many who wish the decentralization of gov't than I do. I protested the Vietnam War because it was a slaughterground which had no real purpose. As we can plainly see today.