If you can't quite see them in this picture, the Guilford College administration has once again cut down the rope swings thus ceasing the natural endorphin releases in the brains of many Guilford College students. While the lament I feel for the loss of these two swings is indescribable through words, I do not solely blame the Guilford College administration for snipping my two favorite ropes in the world. Instead I also place blame on America for its silly liability lawsuits.
When I was in Mexico, I would frequently visit a park called Los Colomos. The park was humongous and in the very center you could pay 60 pesos (roughly $5) to ride a horse for an hour. Never having ridden a full grown horse to my memory, I eagerly wanted to try so I approached an hombre about it and he gave me one of his horses to ride. He told me to hop on up (which I struggled mightily in doing) and he asked for 60 pesos and told me to go on my way. "Well excuse me"I told him, "I have no idea how to ride this thing." He gave me a brief instruction and said to scram. There I was riding a horse without a helmet, not having to sign any paperwork, just simply hop on gimme 60 pesos and hasta luego!
I believe that in simply living your life you have to know that there is a chance that random bad things may happen to you that hurt you or kill you. If you do something like swing on a rope swing or ride a horse, you have to naturally keep in mind that you are putting your life at risk because there is a small chance that the rope could snap or that bronco might go loco. Do I need to sign a waiver just to simply walk outside knowing that theres a chance that an asteroid might pummel me in the nogin? Hell no! Liability laws not only allow people to unjustly take money from others but take the fun out of simple things. No wonder we have such a thing like liability in America.
So basically, as most of my long rants end up, Fuck America, Cause I want my damn rope swings back.
Yeah man, we get way too wrapped up in laying blame on others and have a hard time realizing that hey, maybe I was being an idiot or taking a risk. fucking ridiculous.
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