Meat Pie said:So someone that makes a mistake or one stupid act deserves to die in you archaic outlook? One complex unique human being wiped out, and that's fine by you as long as it's their fault?
That's a truly inhuman and selfish thing to think.
First I don't recall saying anyone deserved to die? I'd thank you to refrain from trying to put words in my mouth.
All I am saying is companies and their staff should not have to spend they days worried that one persons stupidity or carelessness could cost them their job. Or the company a lot of money and loss of reputation. The mentality of our so society is the problem not the health and safety officers. Yes people should be able to go out with fair certainty they won't be hurt, but they should also go out knowing that in many cases if they do get hurt they have a responsibility there too. People shouldn't need a health and safety officer to TELL them it's dangerous here stay away, their instincts should do that for them! People have a duty of responsibility to them selves and those they care for to keep them safe, this kind of attitude that if a child hurts them self it's the company's fault is what breeds lazy parenting, such as the example I stated previously at the hotel on Sunday morning.
. Anyway, as I said but everyone seems to have ignored, if you are to blame excessiveness in the name of Health and Saftey, don't blame Health and Saftey itself. Blame establishments like Alton Towers who may have misinterpretted the H&S report. Very rarely do H&S officials advise something unnecessary, it's the companies who are the source of the problem.
This is also the point I was trying to make. The actual health and safety reports that say, this needs doing are one thing, which is perfectly acceptable, however the problem comes from companies putting one person in a position where they come to feel they have to make the whole world idiot proof, by implementing things that don't need to be done at all!