Have we really become this stupid???

[dry suit diver]

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demonstrates peoples ability to do the stupidest things

[Kev]

This is a very sad case really, such a young lad, such a shame.

Maybe this is a reminder that academic qualifications are no substitute for real world experience, maybe not. When I was a kid my family made sure I got both. That said, I have done many stupid things over the years that could have killed me.

It is not nice to speculate over the kids experience / academics etc, we would not do it on an incident report.

Best

Kev

[tufty]

No, but thanks to no-win, no-fee ambulance chasers, we've become sue-happy and this is the end result - along with 'this pack of peanuts may contain nuts' ,'remove clothes before ironing' and so on

And 'this refrigerated centrifuge is not for the storage of food' like theres enough room in it to put my sandwiches! Why don't the lawyers carry a warning 'using this equipment can seriously damage your wealth' ?

[Lou]

Perhaps it is because people see insurance as a source of free cash when the smallest things go wrong? Somehow many folk don't see lying for an insurance claim as anything bad. Personally I see it as fraud and theft.

[Queen Scallop]

No reflection on your boys Liz but makes you wonder why they feel the need to publish his results - maybe so people don't think he really was stupid?

GCSE's aren't a measure of intelligence, but even if they were, it wouldn't guarantee common sense!

[annatrnr]

so true lol!

[Steve Summers]

This is a very sad case really, such a young lad, such a shame.

Maybe this is a reminder that academic qualifications are no substitute for real world experience, maybe not. When I was a kid my family made sure I got both. That said, I have done many stupid things over the years that could have killed me.

It is not nice to speculate over the kids experience / academics etc, we would not do it on an incident report.

Best

Kev

Spot on, ATEOTD a young lad is dead, a family is devastated and will probably never recover and statements like Darwin award candidate and stupid are out of order. When I was 16 I thought I was invincible and shudder at some of the things I got up to, I have tried my best to make sure neither of mine do the same. This lad is dead from doing something that many will have tried without this tragic outcome.

AFAIC this is one of those rare things of being a tragic accident. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but unfortunately many people of all ages don't see the danger in their actions. We speed even though we know it's dangerous, we dive, jump out of planes race motorcycles etc without thinking we could come unstuck.

The signs are to protect the council and nothing more anybody who wants to do something like that won't be put of by a sign.

Safe diving,
Steve