Thats just common sense and unfortunately many parents dont have it
This just isn't true. I'd like to think I have a fair amount of common sense, probably a bit more than average, but like all of us I'm amazed at times about things that did not occur to me as obvious except in hindsight.
We want children, old people, disabled people to attend baseball games. At least I do. Because the ballpark is one of the happiest places on earth, and I want as many people to experience that as possible. When I see a dad and a little girl at a game, it makes me happy. When I see boy without a limb at a ballgame, it makes me happy. When I see "Happy 100th Birthday Ethel" on the scoreboard, it makes me happy.
Should it be obvious to parents that certain seats are dangerous? I don't know. Am I unjustified in thinking that a roller coaster was designed by an engineer to stay on the tracks? A guy brings his daughter to a game. He sees nets. He sees railings. There's no net in front of his seat. He's probably thinking, "I wonder how much the ice cream is." Should he be thinking, "well, is there really much of a difference between this section and one 20 feet away that's behind a net; maybe this is dangerous"? Yeah, maybe. Whatever. Is he a dipshit or a bad parent if he doesn't think that right away and thinks instead, even if not consciously, "well, this seat without a net like that one over there must be ok or they wouldn't sell it"?
Only in hindsight. Is this a result of the "nanny state"? Or is it a result of the fact that when you put up a sign that says, "falling rocks" or you create the FAA, it can reasonably make people at least believe that someone is paying attention to safety.
I happened on this thread and was a bit surprised to see two pages worth of posts today and it was not one that I was paying much attention to. I think -- I'm not sure but I think -- I started reading the last 100 posts or so with an open mind. It wasn't an issue I started out with an opinion about. I haven't seen a thread on SOSH where those I regard as the non-crazies -- and there are plenty of non-crazies on both sides of this debate here -- have had a serious debate that doesn't involve politics that has struck me as so one-sided as this. This is so easy.
"I don't like the nets because they negatively affect the way I view the game, and I don't care if that means more people get hurt, including children, and perhaps catastrophically" is not an invalid opinion or desire. But own it instead of dressing it up.