Comments on: City To Ponder Law Before Taking Plunge

By: dog

dog — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:27:05 +0000

What about preaching?? On a particularly slow moving section of the Boise River, I had to listen to a river bank preacher talking about the wages of sin and redemption through Jesus. I’ll take my chances with the kids.

If you nanny state haters are so righteous, why don’t you write your TB politicos and get rich farmers off the Federal hind tit?

By: Tj

Tj — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:21:44 +0000

I think that most of you posting comments – and a tremendous number posting comments on the Statesman page – have little idea what this is in regard to.

It is not about kids jumping off of bridges, rope swings, or concrete structures near the river.

It is about kids that divebomb oncoming rafters, on purpose, simply to be a menace to them. Most of the time they simply cannonball near the raft to splash the rafters, but every once and a while they actually jump on or into the rafts.

That’s the problem; nothing else. The police and city are simply trying to avoid fights or other consequences of kids doing this.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:14:04 +0000

When you consider the Nanny Federal Government, the Nanny State of Idaho, and the Nanny City of Boise, the Nanny City of Boise is by FAR the worst offender with the most influence, and the most opportunity to use that influence on our daily lives. The City of Boise needs to get out of the business of regulating people.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:20:51 +0000

PS: Have you seen footage from the London riots? How long ya think a riot like that would last in Boise? Now think if Team Dave gets all the commie liberal laws they want passed; how long would it last then? London was a safe place before the liberals screwed it up. Same story with our major US cities. Time to take back our simple low cost town before these tax and spend liberal fruitcakes ruin it forever.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:26:44 +0000

The Nanny State. Makes me sick to find this kinda crap in Idaho government.

By: Don't Hate The Player

Don't Hate The Player — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:39:57 +0000

Man, I don’t get you people….

Once again, all the usual “social responsibility” types are ranting about government intrusion. Let’s see how you feel when some punk (because that is what they are) jumps on YOU! I’m a big fan of letting people jump into the river off a bridge. I’m an even bigger fan of the kids who do it in a more responsible way (like not on top of floaters). Just like the beer ban, this is what happens when the few spoil it for the rest. As to the blocking bridge access/harassment, throw the book at them. Try to actually use the swim docks out at Quinn’s Pond the last few years? I thought not…

By: erico49

erico49 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:38:14 +0000

I think the kudos should go the the Daily Paper. Had they not published their story, I think the outcome would have been different. Yeah.. a bit cynical.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:42:26 +0000

Really..is society that stupid that we need government to tell us when and when not to jump in the river, remember Boise river is not Niagara Falls. Few things define coming of age better than time on the river banks. Agree on posting signs discouraging it, or informing of the potential danger, but laws????? 49 police calls in two years does not seem like an epidemic. Understand river rescues can be expensive, but the article does not link river jumping to rescues, would theorize most river rescues are related to rafting and drunk vagrants.

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:26:43 +0000

Rather than a ticket maybe they could put them out for a day cleaning up weeds along some of our city roadways. Boise is beginning to look like a 3rd world county.

I just don’t know if you can come up with a law to stop kids from doing stupid things.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:51:47 +0000

All of this reminds me of a time when Bogus Basin tried in vain to enforce rules about aerial acrobatics at the ski resort. It was a futile effort and a waste of time, finally the good people at Bogus figured out doing aerials in a controlled environment was far better than trying to stop this fun and athletic sport. We now have a designated area for all manner of aerial ski and board activities at Bogus Basin.

The Nanny State is out of control and we need to stop creating situations where kids being kids are deemed to be criminals and cops can get back to deterring criminal activity.

Jumping from a bridge into the cold water of the Boise River on a hot summer day (if I were a lot younger) seems like one of the rights of passage for a young kid looking for adventure in their own back yard.

EDITOR NOTE–Perhaps they can include a rope and artificial tree at the new artificial rapids being built for the kayaks.