My Father's 87th birthday is in a few days. It has been a tradition to have an evening camp fire at my sister's place out in the country. We sit around the fire, reminisce, roast marshmallows, (after we fire them from our illegal marshmallow guns) and have a great time. But no more. Safety has taken precedence. The city rules state that we are too stupid to make a fire because we will burn down everything in sight because we do not know that fire is hot and will burn things. So now we are spawning a generation of kids who will not only be deprived of the joy of camp fires, but will know nothing of fires and fire safety. What a great opportunity to teach a child about fire and safety by helping them to build and maintain a fire under adult supervision. One day they will start a fire for the fun of it and end up burning things down and all the firemen will have employment for the day. Oh the irony. Thus we lose our freedoms in the name of safety. Socialism says that we can have a risk free society, with enough regulation. This is a pipe dream, and a costly one at that. As for me, I will take the freedom along with a few risks, over state imposed safety, any day.
2 comments:
so true.....Philip likes to burn some dry plants in an old bbq...which we can or could use for marshmallows.
In Guatemala we roast marshallows, hotdogs, etc....you see three year olds lighting firecrackers...there goes our freedom in Canada....so sad.
How do you go camping without a campfire????
This is so sad. After spending the winter in Mexico with our inflatable boat we came home to find that there are boat regulations, liscences to acquire, things your boat has to have in it, things your boat has to have on it,no small tears in your life jackets...the lists go on and on. Makes a person feel like turning around and going back to where you can do what you want as long as you aren't hurting anyone.
Chris
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