The 16 Oct edition of The Elephant covered the controversy over allowing under-14s in contact sports;

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/experts-call-for-ban-on-contact-sports-for-under-14s-as-brain-injury-evidence-mounts-the-elephant/4CHVNSPLNNHTBPJ5DUQGRYKBNA/

When you get to the Mum justifying the regular knocks to the head her son's sport involves, I want you to imagine that she's talking about letting the same under-14 year old son drink alcohol. Would those same rationalisations and whattaboutisms fly in that case?

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