ORIGINAL: tsands
...Maybe I should tell my wife not to cook while she's home alone she may cut her finger while peeling the potatoes...
...if a person is dumb enough to put their hand in a spinnign prop then maybe that is what they need to do to make them understand this is a no no...
It's pretty ignorant to compare slicing potatoes to firing up a nitro plane for the first time...
I've seen a number of incidence where instructor intervention has saved newbies from accidents that most likely would have required medical attention. Some were due to lack of common sense, or stupid mistakes because they were caught up in the excitement, others were due to things that went very wrong very fast.
Your apathy is also pretty apparant to me... and it's truly sad... I'm sure glad you're not in my club.