Watching the television news Wednesday evening I saw the report on the young lady with Cerebral Palsy who wished to use an inflated inner tube while swimming off a Vancouver beach.

She was not permitted to swim because the beach has a no use of an inflatable policy to prevent those who cannot swim or do not swim from getting in over their heads and perhaps drowning.

Her mother was upset at this because her daughter does not swim well enough to swim without using her inflated inner tube. Apparently the reporter and her news organization agreed with this point of view to the extent they pressured the Park Board into meeting with mother and daughter to discuss this matter.

The rule is there to prevent people who cannot swim effectively from losing their inflatable support and drowning. The mother states clearly that the daughter needs the inflatable because she does not swim well enough to swim without it. This is exactly the situation the rule exists to address, in order to prevent someone drowning.

As asked, exactly when did they repeal the laws of common sense?