Roanoke Times article, and my response...

[skaterbabscpst]

Here is the original article:
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/103254

And my reponse, with other comments and my response to those:
http://blogs.roanoke.com/roundtable/columns/comment_on_fridays_local_comme.html

And here is the "other post" that was referred to:
http://blogs.roanoke.com/roundtable/editorials/restrain_those_kids.html
(I really had to search for it)

[Jeanum]

Way to go, well said. I especially cheered at your reply to the commenter who foolishly brought up the Freakonomics argument.

[Patriot201]

Nice job!!! :cool: :cool: :cool:

[skaterbabscpst]

Thanks, I ran the reply through Cam just to make certain it wasn't too....abrupt. :rolleyes: He's my "tact-meter", since he claims I have none. :P

[JaRylan]

Good job Rebekah. I still don't understand how people can be so opposed to saving lives.

I think the following applies to the commenter who you addressed:

"Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know." Cullen Hightower

Obviously he didn't know much but he had a lot of thoughts on the subject, lol.

[LuvBug03]

did freakonomics retract their article after all the fuss? or was that just a dream I had lol!

[chaoticoctopus]

There's another idiotic-sounding conspiracy theorist reply on the first blog thread.

I thought your post was great, Rebekah, and Chris' as well. The bit about "Terry" not making a good argument for vetoing the bill, but rather making an argument for legislation to limit who can become parents, still has me chuckling... :D

[Simplysomething]

Reading both sets of comments it seems to me that Terry is just a blowhard. He/She isn't interested in facts...just supposed conspiracies.

I'll admit to thinking similar things..before I learned otherwise--it didn't make sense to me that a carseat should expire, kwim?

But looking at evidence that shows me where my reasoning was wrong---made me change my opinion.

Can anyone counter his/her statement that the odds of drowning in a swimming pool are greater than dying in a car crash? Considering that car crashes are the number one killer and pools are not? He/she states that it's 18,000 to 1...Now, something tells me he/she's got something screwed up with his/her reasoning.

Then he/she complains about taxpayer money being "wasted" on it. Something tells me that this person is arguing just to argue. The person who urged the veto of the bill in the first set of comments seems more reasonable--though I do disagree. Is Safekids even a government agency?

I believe there is a huge amount of scare-mongering out there. But small children being PROPERLY restrained in cars? Not scare-mongering.

[skaterbabscpst]

I'm not sure what the stats on drowing are, but I wasn't about to go into that at the time. It was late and I was spitting nails. :p

As far as taxpayer money being wasted, well I happen to think the welfare payouts to people who become disabled due to car crashes in which they chose not to buckle are more of a waste. :rolleyes:

[papooses]

Oh we definitely "waste" more money on fixing problems AFTER they happen -- prevention (by boosting booser laws, not vetoing them, etc.) saves $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Where is that "official" Freakonomics respose? It needs to be posted there!

[skaterbabscpst]

It's around here somewhere, you post it though, I'm getting to my limit of dealing with stupidity. :rolleyes:

[chaoticoctopus]

I posted too (as "Xtal"). I don't know much about Freakonomics, though, so I'll leave that to someone else.

[skaterbabscpst]

I saw that. Good job!

[papooses]

If no one else posts the official Freakonomics response, send me a PM tonight -- I'm filling out more college applications right now....

[skaterbabscpst]

As of a few hours ago no one had.

I love the assumption the one guy is making on my abortion stance. :rolleyes:

[Simplysomething]

Help, I can't get the new comments to show up. I see the thingies on the side that say recent comments. But can't get to them. Direct link to them? Maybe? someone help.

[skaterbabscpst]

http://blogs.roanoke.com/roundtable/columns/comment_on_fridays_local_comme.html

Just scroll all the way down.

[papooses]

I posted. I wasn't very nice, though :rolleyes: It has to be approved. I guess if it doesn't show up in a few days it'll need toning down :o (I forgot to spell check, though!)

[chaoticoctopus]

Yours did show up today, Tiffany, if you hadn't checked!