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Re:Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child by lukaslalinsky on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @06:01AM (#9967502)
As far as I see it, there are two use cases for a pool, swimming and fun. I'd agree with you if you were talking about a pool with swimming lanes. The point of the pool in the video on the website is to have fun. If you make it safe, you kill the fun.
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Re:Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child by frogpelt on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @09:17AM (#9968371) 

    > If you make it safe, you kill the fun.
It puts a damper on things when someone drowns too.
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Re:Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child by lukaslalinsky on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:13PM (#9970036)
You are right, of course, but that's why things shouldn't be black and white. There is a difference between banning everything except "approved" life jackets and banning large inflatable pads which children could get stuck under. If you look at the website, the majority of people in the pool are hanging on the blue inflatable tubes. They would not be in the pool at all if they had to actually swim.
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