Ruling over killer whale attack reflects Kavanaugh’s view of workplace regulations

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | July 16, 2018 | Bob Egelko

[artichokegrower]

When a killer whale drowned and dismembered a trainer at a SeaWorld park in Florida in 2010, federal labor officials fined the park $12,000 and required protective measures — over the objection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who predicted in a written opinion that the next step would be a ban on tackling in pro football.

[artichokegrower]

“Tiger taming ... bull riding ... stock car racing ... boxing. ... The participants in those activities want to take part, sometimes even to make a career of it,despite and occasionally because of the risk of serious injury,” Kavanaugh wrote in April 2014. “When should we as a society paternalistically decide that the participants in these sports and entertainment activities must be protected from themselves?”

You don't want common sense to come into play do you?

[Nifster]

And they bandy about Garlands name as if that has anything to do with anything

[arrogantsob]

Well, that cuts it. Kavanaugh is soft on Killer Whales.

[kaehurowing]

Land Shark

[irishjuggler]

A ‘killer whale’ is a dangerous animal?! I’m shocked, shocked.

[FreedomPoster]

Off topic, but speaking of killer whales, here’s an interesting gif that I came across in the last week. Yikes!

https://imgur.com/Z1gpUpf

Some off-color language in the “subtitles”.

[Dilbert San Diego]

So here we go. The liberals are digging through his opinions, and cherry picking the best, best from their point of view, to make him look like a fool.

[Mears]

The judge was correct.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

“Tiger taming ... bull riding ... stock car racing ... boxing. ... The participants in those activities want to take part, sometimes even to make a career of it,despite and occasionally because of the risk of serious injury,” Kavanaugh wrote in April 2014. “When should we as a society paternalistically decide that the participants in these sports and entertainment activities must be protected from themselves?”

Exactly. Screwwwwwwww the Nanny State. Confirm Kavanaugh!

[lepton]

I’ve seen the Killer Whale show before and after this event.

Before, it was spectacular. Now it’s kind of interesting.

[lurk]

An orca killing a human is extremely rare. The one who went savage at Sea World was known to have a hair trigger.

[Crucial]

Sometimes killer whales have a bad day and just about the the biggest predator on the planet will kill.

[Salamander]

Smart seal!

How could you not want to help him?

[EDINVA]

There are any number of professions whose participants cannot get life insurance for the reasoning laid out by J. Kavanaugh. These are not your standard “workplace” jobs, so the article is an enormous stretch.

[WASCWatch]

It’s an assumed risk by the trainer. Sea World should still be liable for her death since they knew this particular Orca had killed before.

[pepsi_junkie]

If you work with killer whales, be mindful of that “killer” part and behave accordingly.