UK canals are 3 feet deep. Feet, not meters, that’s paddling-pool territory. Even if you can’t swim, you’d just stand there in ruined joggers going, “…was that supposed to kill me?”

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    That’s particularly ridiculous. Babies can drown in 2 inches of water, or people who are completely dependent on others for activities of daily living. Suggesting the average person would drown in waist deep water is disingenuous. Think of everyone you know; would any of them drown if you pushed them in 3 feet of water?

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      4 days ago

      That’s particularly ridiculous.

      No, its something we learn in first responder training

      Babies can drown in 2 inches of water, or people who are completely dependent on others for activities of daily living.

      Or anybody who is unable to escape. Somebody who is unconscious, somebody who is trapped,

      Suggesting the average person would drown in waist deep water is disingenuous

      What’s disingenuous is seeing me say

      “Push somebody in the canal, they fall awkwardly and could easily die. Get trapped by a submerged branch, hit your head, get trapped by silt, break a leg etc.”

      And then completely ignoring it for a straw man.

      Think of everyone you know; would any of them drown if you pushed them in 3 feet of water?|

      If they fell awkwardly and hit their head? Easily