So the Queensland State Government is going to implement "totalitarian" Swimming Pool Fencing Laws, making the various Local Government Councils responsible for their implementation and policing1.....What a crock of crap!

I am sick and tired of these bombastic do-gooders who want to load the responsibilty of errant and careless parents upon the public in general.

We, the taxpayers currently have to pay to enable some of these would-be parents to become pregnant.

We have to pay for the facilities to enable them to give birth.

We have to pay to provide Maternity Leave to the resultant mothers.

We have then to pay to subsidize Childcare to allow these "breeders" to return to work, or laternatively pay to provide Family support payments.

These parents choose to create their offspring,( in a lot of cases to secure a taxpayer funded income,thanks to our bottomless pursed politicians), but at the same time appear NOT to want to have to accept any responsibility for these very same offspring.

It is time that ALL parents were compelled to accept a modicum of care and responsibilty for the children that they have seen fit to bring into this world.....this includes being responsible for where their children are at ALL times.

Children are fascinated and drawn to water, however no amount of fencing and accompanying legislation can remove the risk created by inconsiderate parents who allow their innocent children to be placed at risk, whilst these irresponsible parents are otherwise occupied in some menial pastime!

We have raised four children and at no time was there ever any risk (within reason) of their drowning, simply because as soon as they were upright on two legs they were taught to swim ( staying alive in the water)! This involved our spending time with our children in the water NOT passing the responsibilty to someone else!

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Kneejerk insanity? the laws or your highly biased and unsupportable assertions?

Dearest Cuphandle,
Governments make laws for you.
Just because a few (shall we say, close to governance) decide they want you to pay a little extra for your pool priveleges doesn't mean they own pool fencing businesses.
It just seems that way.
But consider. There's always a loophole.
If you have to fence your swimming pool just go for it.
If you hate those pesky kids so much - a skillfully designed ornamental pool could have hidden traps for the curious unwary.

If I were you I'd consider myself lucky that I live in Qld -
Firstly to have such a considerate gov that they can and do intend to make laws about everything.
But more importantly - Queensland doesn't have feral elephants.
I bet you'd squeal if you found one of those suckers stuck headfirst in your pool early one morning?

I had the local pool police come and advise me a couple of years ago regarding my responsibliity for safety fencing. I had to make a few modifications to comply and thought ... whata crock and basically agree with Cuphandle on this, the state of personal responsibility applies to parents of infants to maintain their off-springs safety, not me.

Mind you I have taken down all the fences now... I had the pool filled in and levelled... the kids are grown and gone.... no more cleaning for me....

I am just so sick of having to be responsible for every twit in the country. I see no reason why I should be charged for inspections, in which I have no interest.

My pool yard is quite large, about 1200 Sq Mt, & doubles as my dogs yard. With 2 moderately large, & reasonably aggressive dogs in there, no kid is going to get into my pool, unless the dogs decide to soak, or wash them, before eating.

As with another subject here, the Darwin award should apply. The gene pool can only be improved by the elimination of some DNA.

One of the things that still surprises me when I read OLO is the sheer callous selfishness of some of our most shrill contributors. So your precious swimming pools are worth risking little kids' lives for? Once again I'm so delighted I don't have bastards like you as neighbours.

Swimming pools generally are water-wasting, polluting blots on the environment. Every year they kill far too many little kids. Yes, many parents need to take more responsibility for their children, but even good parents can't be everywhere at once:

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2008/12/15/28071_hpnews.html

You guys make me sick.