That will never happen they say! Slippery slope is a fallacy they say!

submitted by SMCAB from (wattsupwiththat.com)

all 5 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think this may be political hyperbole. 104F requires accomodations to allow people to attend outdoor events safely . Here in Texas, we had laws passed about two decades ago about outdoor gatherings in these kinds of temps because otherwise -- and I have personally experienced this, people just start slumping down wherever from the heat and they get sick and need help.

It was so common, feeding ice chips to the sick person was a pretty common sight at shows. Concert goers were really cool about that in my experience. Total strangers would help you out. Then they had to do EMTs and medical tents and have free sources of water -- can you imagine, 104F and no water unless you stood in line for 20 minutes and paid $5 a glass, but that's how it was.

[–]SMCAB[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have no problem with making it safer, I also have a huge problem with some asshole getting hammered and not hydrating and dying and now concerts are banned. It's the same reasoning as to why I have a 15 minute timer on my turkey fryer, because stupid people burned their house down with them. Not really my problem, and now I have to set a timer to turn my fryer back on four times to cook a bird. I disabled it really, but my point still stands.

All your points are valid, and I agree that things can and should be made available. Canceling life? Canceling life through a gubmint? Nah, I'll skip that. The vast majority of people are fine at these things in reality.

I was unaware of any current laws passed anywhere, which made this sound worse to me. Even still, I don't need safety from my govt. I can handle that on my own.

What's next? Pools are disbanded because a child drowned? It isn't that far away from this. It never stops. And personal responsibility will always remain more important in my book.

[–]IMissPorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What counts as an outdoor "event" though? Is that only concerts and stuff, or if I wanted to have a backyard barbecue and invite friends would that be a problem?

[–]SMCAB[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Who knows, either way, you're government stopping you from having events outside for something that's been an issue for thousands of years is utterly ridiculous and a classic example giving up liberty for the facade of safety. Hydrate, wear sunscreen, and if you can't hack it find some AC. This isn't a public health issue.

This is a "We already know you're passive idiots now, and now we're going to show you how stupid you really are" mandate.

[–]IMissPorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah. It certainly looks like control for the sake of control. There are plenty of less heavy handed ways to address this, if any action was even necessary.