When Competition Becomes A Danger.
It Occurs To Me.
’J’HE ANNOUNCEMENT that, owing to the risk, married men are not to be included in the French flying team for the Schneider trophy, provides food for serious thought. When the hazards of modem competition are so great that there is almost the expectation of loss of life, it is surely time to call a halt. Why should any man, married or single, be offered as a sacrifice to competition? The bachelors elected will, presumably, be fairly young men, who might direct their energies more profitably to the development of science in commerce. France, by her action, puts up the danger sign, but Britain still encourages her bolder spirits to unnecessary risk. It is a curious thing that while British people shudder at the brutality of American football, with its frequent casualties, they yet consider not the beam that is in their own eye. B.E.S.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 43, 20 February 1931, Page 6
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