The logic of Burke!!!

FROM TODAY'S LEADER - PAGE ONE

http://caulfield-glen-eira-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/deathtrap-fear-for-fenceless-carnegie-park/


Deathtrap fear for fenceless Carnegie park

DOG owners and parents are protesting at a Carnegie park to stop council contractors removing a fence they say will lead to children’s deaths.
Dozens of angry residents picketed Lord Reserve for four days to oppose Glen Eira Council’s plans to tear down the 1.2m-high steel fence and install a small plinth curb.
Group spokeswoman Sandy Evans said the fence’s removal at the off-leash park would enable dogs and children to run out on to Lyons St. Mrs Evans said residents would go back “until somebody talks to us and explains why they’re taking away a perfectly good fence and putting up an 8in (20cm) barrier”.
“That’s not going to stop children or balls or anything,” she said.
“Little kids follow balls out on to the road.
“How many children’s deaths will it take before they decide they have made the wrong decision?”
Mrs Evans said there was no consultation about the “absolutely stupid” plan, which would cost $60,000.
Despite police urging the group to move on last Thursday, protesters had already stalled the work for several days when the Leader went to press.
About 10 people protested last Monday, 30 the following morning and the number of people swelled to 60 that night.
Residents were taking turns to make sure people were there during daylight hours.
Council spokesman Paul Burke said the plinth curb stopped hoons driving on to ovals and added “aesthetic value” to parks.
He said dog owners should have their pets under effective voice control".


LOGIC LESSONS:

1. if concrete plinths are meant to stop hoons invading parks then how much better would a steel 4 foot fence be?

2. I wonder how the mother of a killed child would respond to the argument that the 'aesthetics' of the park needed improving and to hell with 'safety'?

3. Must children also be under 'effective voice control'?