Word: saftey
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...Pascal Haegeli, a postdoctoral fellow at B.C.'s Simon Fraser University, recently started studying the mentality of people who venture knowingly into dangerous avalanche terrain. But until we have a better sense of what compels so many people to duck under the saftey ropes, he worries about rescue policies that might deter those in need from seeking help. And like other critics of pay-for-rescue rules, he argues that if you are to hold people responsible for negligence, then there has to be a very clear notion of competence, yet in most backcountry scenarios there is no absolutely correct...
...marriage should not be legalized. Marriage is a unique commitment between a man and a woman that - among other things - sets up society's structure and saftey net to care for the children that are conceived in that union. The fact that children need dedicated parents - a father and a mother - is beyond dispute. This is true in both their conception and in their development and training. Any other concept of "marriage" is second rate and a cheap imitation. John Bernert Oneida...
Educational programs on handling guns properly should be mandated. Gun ownership needs to be regarded as an adult privilege, coupled with the care and maturity appropriate to both the nature of the tool and the age of the user. Many states require educational training in gun saftey before issuing hunting licenses; there is no reason why handgun owners should not be subjected to similar requirements. Citizens who profess their inability to own guns within such reasonable constraints are unlikely to have the understanding necessary for the wise use of a dangerous device like a firearm to begin with...