On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:07:35 -0700, RubberBiker wrote:

I'm surprised the number of people that are actually *scared* of
electricity/plumbing/diy to the point that their emotional reaction
prevents them from being rational about what is safe and what isn't.

This sort of TV item promotes that fearfulness and cluelessness.

Absolutely!

We are very rapidly approaching the slippery slope where people just will
not even be able to think for themselves. I recently had to put a plug on
an appliance for someone who did not know how. Amazingly, he told me that
it was covered in some lesson, "module"? he did at school but he had
forgotten it as it was not part of getting an exam result.

The fact that the BBC propagates this sort of rubbish on behalf of this
overbearing government, is proof enough to me that things are going to
get worse, a lot worse.

Nice weather today!

Steve