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I was actually not saying that all blind folding is hazing, but that it is a risk that can be managed. Not all risk management is hazing. And, while that scenario seems unlikely, it happened.
This isn't that dissimilar to some of the child safety laws that are enacted. Can you believe that most people my age never had car seats? Yet, many states now require them and are now requiring booster seats until age 8. Yes, our hooded sweatshirts and coats used to have draw strings on them until some kid got hers stuck on a monkey bar and choked to death. Our mattresses weren't flame retardant and neither were our pajamas, but they are now (in fact I heard this morning that the flame retardant is a carcinogen, so you have a choice of your bed burning or getting cancer.. we can't win). It's kind of amazing that we're even alive. Our mothers smoked and drank while they were pregnant too.. and ate lunch meat.
Bottom line, it's a different time and people sue over everything. Good risk management is doing all you can to avoid accidents and harm to our members. The rules are dictated by the insurance companies who, we hope, prevent our organizations from being bankrupt by some crazy lawsuit, but they only cover us if we are following the rules.
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