Piloti
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Don't feel bad John_Disney .... there are some people on here who go out of their way to be 'dicky opposite' no matter what the discussion - I suspect it comes from leading very boring lives!
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John_E
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If the actually have lives  I mean to say, handle of 'Eon' and avatars of 'Neo'. Maybe life is best left 'virtual' with not too much risk, mind you, even virtual death in the 'Matix' was real enough 
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Piloti
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KBT
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Reged: 22/01/2007
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Loc: France
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Don,t knock the guys who want to do it, your lot will make it illegal soon enough. Grow up and throw the shades away.
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KBT
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Reged: 22/01/2007
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Well said, bravo, load of c..p from the risk assesors (is that how it,s spelt?). Bill.
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John_E
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throw the shades away
Only just twigged it, they must be 'peril sensitive'
(To be fair to 'oen' have found some realistic stuff of his on the now gone UKSA thread. The man is not totally silly)
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June too soon, July stand by, August it must, September? I can never remember... But I bet it's gonna be nasty
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Noddy
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Reged: 22/06/2005
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Loc: Thames Estuary
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Don,t knock the guys who want to do it, your lot will make it illegal soon enough. Grow up and throw the shades away.
I suspect that people will keep doing it even when it is illegal.
Perhaps part of the attraction is to get away from the man made twaddle and face a bit of reality.
If this is so, then the more rules and regulations that are imposed the greater the desire to do Jester type things.
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SAE140
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Reged: 18/01/2005
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Loc: Boston, UK
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Rules are for the guidance of wise men, and the obedience of fools.
Rules are the products of power-hungry bureacrats who seek to justify their own existence. 'Safety' is usually the excuse used to introduce unpopular restrictive legislation. Car seat belts, ID Cards to combat terrorism - plenty of examples to choose from.
Laws are made by politicians for whom many people have the highest contempt - and we wonder why people don't respect their laws anymore.
"Life - a sexually-transmitted condition with a 100% mortality rate."
Enjoy it while you can.
Colin
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sterenn
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Reged: 15/03/2007
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Loc: Paris France
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Bonjour
In aeronautics studies have shown that the safety level decreesed with the number of rules.
Eric
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Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire complique ?
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Noddy
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Reged: 22/06/2005
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Loc: Thames Estuary
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This is really about the role of rules in managing risk.
Lots of rules means that you don't have to think for yourself.
The motive behind this can either be laziness or fear.
I guess if someone is more afraid of the authority figure (punishment for transgression) than the real danger then they have 'taken their eye off the ball' so to speak. I guess this is also true if they trust that 'all is well because the rules have it covered.'
The hard bit for some is having to think for yourself as it can mean getting into conflicts.
Guidelines are better than rules.
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