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  1. yxee

    Safe standing: a response from Paul Barber

    Oh ok, I didn't know that happens. Never stood in the North, was probably a bit too young at the time!
  2. yxee

    Safe standing: a response from Paul Barber

    Why would there ever be a surge with electronic ticket inspection, allocated standing areas, and a 2 foot concrete barrier separating the stand and the pitch? The safety aspect just seems absurd, unfortunately that (rather than any other reason) is what appears to be the bottleneck to safe...
  3. yxee

    Safe standing: a response from Paul Barber

    I think I understood your sentence to mean that safe standing discriminates against shorter people, but my point was that the height restriction on a roller-coaster is a similar idea and it is not seen as discriminatory because it is based purely on public safety. If 10% of the stadium has a...
  4. yxee

    Safe standing: a response from Paul Barber

    But do you also then think it's unacceptable for a theme park to use a height restriction on a roller coaster?
  5. yxee

    Safe standing: a response from Paul Barber

    Seems like a fair response and nice to hear it from Barber himself (/know that it's being discussed at board level). Doesn't change the fact that a lot of people want to stand, and if some people don't, then perhaps they can relocate to one of the other 90% of the seats in the stadium which...

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