Very interesting point. If kids weren't so cotton wooled these days, the adults they would grow into would have more common sense. Therefore, they should require less legislation.

- blackjacks (blackened kids tongues)
- pens with lids/caps (choke hazard)
- marbles (arguments)
and loads more.

You are joking. Right?

But at some point there were kids who weren't cotton wooled, then they grew up and wrapped their children in cotton wool...

A caring society does not allow children to be harmed.

I agree, but at what point does "protecting from harm" actively cause more harm?

I'd argue we've actually passed that point. Children are growing up in a risk averse world, and therefore are more likely to come to harm than the world I grew up in.

There's a lot to be said for Germolene and bruises.

Reading Festival is also cracking down on crowd-surfing, where fans are passed over the heads of the audience until they reach the front.
At most concerts, fans are simply put back into the crowd when they reach the security pit below the stage.
But at Reading, they will be ejected from the arena and forced to walk back to the main entrance to get back into the site.
"Reading Borough Council Health & Safety team consider it quite dangerous and we will endeavour to try and limit the amount of times people will do it," Mr Benn said.

Crowd surfing to be stopped?

From the BBC:



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And are you sat in front of your computer properly?

Crowd surfing to be stopped?