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In my mind the bottom line is really one of life and death. Does Mr. Orlet want to be the one to decide that medical care should be withheld from the child who used poor judgement and ran headfirst into a pole? Does it matter if it is an adult and not a child who is dying? Who among us has the wisdom to make that kind of decision?

p>For my part, I'd rather try use regulations to force pinheads to exercise common sense (and thereby save my tax money) rather than simply letting them suffer or die. br> -- Robert F. Casselberry /p> p> I would suggest that the public insist that on sledding days, the city plow and salt the sidewalk between the sled hill and the street. If the pile of snow is downhill from the sidewalk, the sledders will first slow down on the bare concrete, then smack into a pile of plowed snow. That should stop them safely! br> -- Bruce Thompson /p>

I think you miss the point of the city's actions entirely. They ban what use to be considered fun because they are sure to lose the inevitable lawsuit when some tyke gets hurt. They can't force kids to be safe so they ban the activity to protect themselves from the kid's parents (represented by a predatory lawyer). This is a commonplace phenomenon by decision-makers everywhere, in all sorts of organizations. We no longer have a diving board in our community pool; a victim of the increased insurance rates due to out-of-control tort claims.

p>Are these decision-makers cowards? Sure, but who wouldn't be in today's civil courts. The answer is tort reform not taking cheap shots at bureaucrats trying to avoid a court case. br> -- Edward Callahan br> La Habra, California /p>

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