This Makes No Sense
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112717)
United States
December 12, 2022 8:36am CST
Does it have to be made into just another "political" issue the fact that three boys died, and it is suspected there may be more—although a six-year old remains in critical condition after falling through the ice on a lake In the UK?
Barton MP Michael Fabricant did the right thing to assert that parents should talk to their kids about the dangers of playing on ice, as well as rightly suggested that the schools should have a role to play to educate the children of the potential dangers as well.
This is all just common sense.
But to further say, "With climate change meaning hotter summers and colder winters, children need to be aware of water danger." This makes no sense.
First of all, what does climate change have to do with the issue? And furthermore, if winters are colder wouldn't that suggest the ice may be stronger?
Regardless of what one's opinion happens to be on climate change, the fact is that it was a statement placed into the conversation simply for the sake of trying to make a political statement and encourage further call to action on something that as tragic as the event is, has absolutely nothing to do with why these boys fell through the ice and unfortunately lost their lives.
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
13 Dec 22
Yes these are the people that are really feeling the pinch.it feels very sad to loose a child for sure.
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
12 Dec 22
I personally grieve to the loss of the boys. Nowadays everything is politicised and I thought that was only evident in my country. It's no doubt that politics have taken a better part of our lives I must say.
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
13 Dec 22
@porwest Nowadays things are changing. Politicians no longer represent the people who voted for them but protect their own interests and personal needs.
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@porwest (112717)
• United States
16 Dec 22
@Treborika Haven't they always been pretty much this way? lol
@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
16 Dec 22
@porwest That's how they are nowadays. They just mindful of their own affairs
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
13 Dec 22
You would think it would be common sense but no
RIP
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@Dena91 (17029)
• United States
14 Dec 22
I am sick of people always inserting political things into every situation. As you said, common sense would say parents are to teach their children the dangers of icy ponds. Mine did when my brother and I would play hockey on one near our home.
Prayers for the parents of these boys. Very tragic.
@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
12 Dec 22
You're right, the link between these children's deaths and climate change is rather tenuous and not something I would have immediately jumped to! I don't know that mentioning climate change is 'political' though, it's just a fact. It's like saying the weather is colder in winter; no-one gets upset when you mention the word winter because it's just something that happens, it isn't political.
As you say, if winters are colder the ice would be stronger. But I guess the point he's trying to make here is that places that currently have borderline freezing weather, where children are not used to having ice to play on (or know not to play on) may start to experience these conditions and therefore everyone should know about the dangers of frozen bodies of water. I think that's what he's trying to get across.
