Let's see: Seat belts
Traffic rules--drive on the left, .05 etc, Roads Footpaths No shooting firearms in built-up areas Laws in general Need I go on? We are a society [unless you are in Margaret Thatcher's camp] and in society we consider individualS as well as the individual. When does the interest of the individual overide the interest of the "others"? "Intervention by Government or DO GOODER PEOPLE is always bad" may be in itself a bad philosophy. Almost all professions are more constrained than they have been in the past--possibly excepting those areas where supervision/enforcement has been privatised, yet less people die in car accidents [in part thanks to that terrible Do Gooder, Ralph Nader], operations are safer and dare I say it, flying is safer, and almost all due to the intervention by Do Gooders and Government. Colin ________________________________ From: Aus-soaring <[email protected]> on behalf of Peter Champness <[email protected]> Sent: 25 April 2016 21:16:40 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] The Golden Age James, No I did not understand what Emilis wrote. But I am interested! Intervention by Government or DO GOODER PEOPLE is always bad in my philosophy. It goes against the interests of the INDIVUAL which should be the highest principle. That takes us into high level philosophy. I hope that this will find some resonance with gliding people, who are very likely independent thinkers. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 8:57 PM, James McDowall <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Emilis, I understood what you wrote but did anyone else? After years of working in the building industry and experiencing first hand post bushfire bureaucracy I have come to the conclusion that "affordable housing" is a confusion in terms. The stringencies of the ABCB, however well intentioned are driving up building costs. There is a lesson here for all forms of recreational aviation. Jim On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:50 AM, emillis prelgauskas <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Thank you Gary, I fully concur that memory adds rose to the glasses. I am drilling a bit deeper, based on my fire ground and court work. In all fields of activity, there are prescriptive rules and these are vehemently applied and defended by some. In many fields of activity it has since been demonstrated that ‘one size fits all’ creates more problems than it solves. That doesn’t stop the ‘fixed rules’ crowd from trying to forget about alternate solutions. fire ground example: “No, you can’t build a new replacement home where your existing home was burnt down by the bushfire; because the rules have changed and we don’t permit that sort of thing now”. In these fields the primacy of good human outcomes results in ‘alternate solutions’ which can then be applied: “The new build will have a shelter to ABCB guidelines, fire resistant construction to AS3959 and siting maintenance/fire fighting capability to Minister’s Spec SA78 - i.e. this is permitted.” Gliding is still travelling down that path of recognising that better outcomes come from a baseline of prescriptive ‘deemed-to-satisfy’ provisions with higher order alternate solutions above this. (The Building Code of Australia categorises 3 such layers in its industry, with ‘expert judgement’ at the top of the pyramid.) Emilis On 24 Apr 2016, at 9:11 pm, Gary Stevenson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Emilis, on consideration, I do not entirely agree with your recent comments. > Golden ages live in our memories, but (fortunately/unfortunately), memories > are fallable. In any case, all that you refer has passed ..for ever. > > As always, NOW is the time to seize the moment > > Let me suggest to you and to everyone else who is a member of this forum, > that the reality of gliding in Australia today .... right now ...... is that > we are living in an era WHERE THIS IT IS AS GOOD AS IT IS EVER GOING TO GET. > > THIS is the golden age. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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