Link. [http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/07/lawmaker-files-bill-to-bring-back-dwarf-tossing-in-florida/]
Florida State representative Ritch Workman has filled a bill to lift a ban of "dwarf tossing," a bar room "sport" where drunken morons see how far they can throw a little person. Workman is quick to denounce the practice as "repulsive and stupid" but notes that what people do in their free time is their own business. Furthermore, he notes that lifting this ban would allow little people to seek employment... to be thrown by drunken morons.
I honestly have no words for this, folks. I just can't fathom the stupidity involved in this.
Not the lifting of the ban. That makes sense as it's people's right to do what they want so long as it doesn't hurt somebody and if a dwarf wants to be tossed... then, whatever. Although I'd imagine whatever sporting regulations already in place requiring proper safety equipment and EMT's on site in case of emergency, etc. would be sufficiently costly to keep this practice from becoming too widespread.
But what gets me is the creating jobs angle. Does this pay good money? If I had heard about such a situation before this, I would have assumed the little person was drunk, too.
I mean, is he really that dumb to believe that lifting a ban on a stupid barroom activity will create all that many jobs? Or does he just think we, or perhaps just his constituents in Florida, are stupid enough to swallow that line?
I don't know. According to the linked article, best case scenario is Workman is just tidying up the Florida law books by removing stupid laws, such as one that outlawed "living in open adultery" which he claimed was none of the state's business and unenforceable, anyway. So the same goes for the dwarf tossing ban, he says. I can kind of see where he's coming from on this, if this is the case. Why make a specific law for a specific activity when a more general health and workplace safety law would be applicable?
Not to mention general exploitation laws, as being treated like an object in this manner is degrading as well as with a high risk of injury such as paralysis.
I just can't get over how Workman is spinning this as a means to create jobs. Really? Really?
Florida State representative Ritch Workman has filled a bill to lift a ban of "dwarf tossing," a bar room "sport" where drunken morons see how far they can throw a little person. Workman is quick to denounce the practice as "repulsive and stupid" but notes that what people do in their free time is their own business. Furthermore, he notes that lifting this ban would allow little people to seek employment... to be thrown by drunken morons.
I honestly have no words for this, folks. I just can't fathom the stupidity involved in this.
Not the lifting of the ban. That makes sense as it's people's right to do what they want so long as it doesn't hurt somebody and if a dwarf wants to be tossed... then, whatever. Although I'd imagine whatever sporting regulations already in place requiring proper safety equipment and EMT's on site in case of emergency, etc. would be sufficiently costly to keep this practice from becoming too widespread.
But what gets me is the creating jobs angle. Does this pay good money? If I had heard about such a situation before this, I would have assumed the little person was drunk, too.
I mean, is he really that dumb to believe that lifting a ban on a stupid barroom activity will create all that many jobs? Or does he just think we, or perhaps just his constituents in Florida, are stupid enough to swallow that line?
I don't know. According to the linked article, best case scenario is Workman is just tidying up the Florida law books by removing stupid laws, such as one that outlawed "living in open adultery" which he claimed was none of the state's business and unenforceable, anyway. So the same goes for the dwarf tossing ban, he says. I can kind of see where he's coming from on this, if this is the case. Why make a specific law for a specific activity when a more general health and workplace safety law would be applicable?
Not to mention general exploitation laws, as being treated like an object in this manner is degrading as well as with a high risk of injury such as paralysis.
I just can't get over how Workman is spinning this as a means to create jobs. Really? Really?
