Nick on Nightline tonight

[The Stranger:Me]

I saw Nick on nightline tonight.
Looking all smug and conceited as though he was congratulating himself on the great work he's done to reduce ACC claims around fireworks.

With ACC we got compensation for accidents regardless of fault and in return we lost our right to sue right? Well at least that's what I thought.

But apparently there's more to it than that.
Apparently it also meant I lost my right to do what I want to do, my right to be me.

Yesterday I lost my right to adventure playgrounds, we all agreed, we have to look after the kids right, after all parents can't be expected to can they.

I lost my right to fireworks (ok, ok certain ones) today, sure, who needs senseless loss of digits and sight etc? I'll tell you who, Darwin, that's who.

Tomorrow I lose my right to motorcycles. Let's face it they're dangerous and look, they're at the top of the list.

what's next? Where does it stop?
We already know it won't stop right.
Each time they succeed in "fixing" the big problem, then due to attrition, something else on the list becomes the big problem and therefore must be dealt with right, you can't just leave it can you, after all it's the big problem.

I look forward to them completing the list. We'll all sit around wrapped in cotton wool and fed just the right amount of nutrients from a IV drip. Wont that be fun? Think of all the money we'll save. We'll all be so much better off that we'll be able to send all of our MP's to Paris for a holiday at our expense.

It's not the money that concerns me, it's not the motorcycling per se either. This erosion of the social fabric of our society must be stopped.

[riffer]

I look forward to them completing the list. We'll all sit around wrapped in cotton wool and fed just the right amount of nutrients from a IV drip. Wont that be fun?

I'm getting a disturbing Matrix flashback here.

[Mully]

I look forward to them completing the list. We'll all sit around wrapped in cotton wool and fed just the right amount of nutrients from a IV drip. Wont that be fun? Think of all the money we'll save. We'll all be so much better off that we'll be able to send all of our MP's to Paris for a holiday at our expense.

Pfft. Wrong, wrong wrong.

Needles are sharp.

This is the way society is going. Kids arent allowed to get muddy or climb trees (or play bullrush), everyone gets a certificate for participating (cos trying to win means someone has to lose), you don't fail a test, you "achieve" a Unit Standard or "have another go until you get it"

I worry for the future of NZ.

[k2w3]

But it's only fair. Get with the programme.

[Mystic13]

Kids arent allowed to get muddy or climb trees (or play bullrush), everyone ...

I worry for the future of NZ.

Actually at my sons primary school "Kohia Terrace School" the kids are allowed to climb the trees and at play time you find the trees full of kids. They're treated like part of the play equipment. And surprisingly the trees don't seem to mind. They do have a height restriction on climbing which is fair enough.

[Mully]

Actually at my sons primary school "Kohia Terrace School" the kids are allowed to climb the trees and at play time you find the trees full of kids. They're treated like part of the play equipment. And surprisingly the trees don't seem to mind. They do have a height restriction on climbing which is fair enough.

ShhhhhhH!!!

You don't want the Ministry of Ed to hear about that - ye Gods.

[Swoop]

I hope you were wearing your regulation Hi-Viz vest when you wrote that!

You are not safe unless plastered in fluro...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

And surprisingly the trees don't seem to mind.

Wonder how much ACC the tree paye

[ckai]

But wait, there's a new generation of parents rocking through. We are the hard asses like our grandparents were. We're bringing back the shit that made us kiwis. The shit like you chop off your thumb and all you say is "she'll be right".

I'm an expecting father and I'm deliberately making a bull rush field on the lawn. By golly, they're gonna learn what fun is. I'm asking garden centres for the best climbing trees and the looks Never mind I'll find them.

I was a young developer. I didn't break a bone until I was 16. Broken bones were cool, but now there's too many soft cocks.

But just you wait, us new generation of parents will show our kids how to play and break bones again. We'll show 'em.

haha but yeah totally agree. I'm not liking where this is all starting to head.