CA passes "fun tax" -f'ing liberal moonbats

Yurt said:
you said it was not rare. now, you're just moving the goal post...
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An average of 3 fatalities per year is not rare, it just not an everyday occurrence. I wonder if they brought in the rule to stop being sued by ambulance chasers?

June 20, 2007 -- Digging sand holes may sound like innocent fun at the beach, but it can be risky and even deadly, according to a new report.

In the past decade, there have been reports of 31 fatalities and 21 nonfatal cases of people submerged in sand when the sand holes they were digging for fun collapsed in on them.
Those cases are noted in The New England Journal of Medicine by Bradley Maron, MD, and colleagues. Maron works at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Maron's team reports that the victims of collapsed sand holes were 3 to 21 years old (average age: 12). Most cases occurred at public beaches, near the shoreline.
The holes were dug from dry sand by victims, friends, or relatives. The sand holes were generally 2 feet to 15 feet in diameter and 2 feet to 12 feet deep, note Maron and colleagues.
"Typically, victims become completely submerged in the sand when the walls of the hole unexpectedly collapsed, leaving virtually no evidence of the hole or the location of the victim," write the researchers.
"Collapses were inadvertently triggered by a variety of circumstances, including digging, tunneling, jumping, or falling into the hole," they write.
Many of the people who were rescued from sand holes required CPR from bystanders, note Maron and colleagues.
They write that being trapped in a collapsed sand hole "is uncommon," but such cases "probably are more common than this report suggests."
In a previous interview with WebMD, Maron said that in 1997, he saw rescuers save the life of an 8-year-old girl who was trapped in a sand hole at Martha's Vineyard.
Maron's team has written about the sand hole hazard in the past and continues to highlight the issue in the hopes of saving lives, especially as people head to the beach on summer vacation.
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http://www.webmd.com/news/20070620/digging-holes-in-sand-can-be-dangerous
 
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ZappasGuitar said:
There's you admitting the story got it wrong...so a factually incorrect headline is a PERFECT EXAMPLE of our government nanny state? That's the point Dung was making and which went right over your head.

So one must conclude it's acceptable to you if I make up some ludicrous nonsense and claim it's a perfect example of RightWing intolerance.
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Getting the dollar amount wrong does not change the fact that it is an example of our government nanny state.

Too bad the headline ID posted wasn't as factually correct as your post above...perhaps if SHE HAD READ the article we wouldn't be bogged down debating the petty details at this point.
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Many writers made the same mistake. When reading the thing fast the first time, I made the same mistake. Running around screaming 'you got the dollar amount wrong' is nothing short of trying to distract from the meat of the issue. Whether it be $100 or $1000... they are allowing themselves the ability to fine you for tossing a football or frisbee all in the name of 'protecting the public'. It is fucking absurd.
 
Yurt said:
yes it does. you didn't read your link, hilarious.

you don't get cash mr. obsessive, because you lied about what i said. when are you going to change you avi crawfish?

on your death bed your last words will be - yurt, where is my money

:lol:
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No it doesn't Yurt. Read it carefully. I made the same mistake the first time I read it, as did the author of the OP article and many others. If you look at the actual portions listed for the $1000 fine, the football throwing is not one of them. I posted the code that is applicable to the fines for the football tossing. $100 first offense, $200 second, $500 third (in the same year).
 
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