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Old 05-17-2017, 02:15 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by seamus View Post
I would say a fair analogy to a kid playing tackle football is a teenager aggressively speeding when driving a car. They both raise the risk of serious damage.

By the way, most teenagers are terrible at risk analysis. Heck many adult are poor at risk analysis too.
The difference is most parents/adults aren't encouraging kids to speed when driving a car, but they will encourage to hit the opposing team harder & to just "shake it off" when they get concussions...
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