Togetherness "At the Risk of Belaboring the Obvious"

[Dave Monroe]

"These are probably the two major problems: slope of
the ramp and positive communication. But when you come
right down to it, the others are equally as important;
areas like trailer and hoist maintenance, safety
training, proper use of protective covers. Too often
and too easily these areas can be dismissed with the
formula: 'Not applicable; this is an Air Force
problem.' At the risk of belaboring the obvious, it
would seem that difference between getting killed and
living to a ripe old age ought, by every rule of
common sense, to be everybody's problem."
(Togetherness)


"everybody's problem"

Cf. ...

"When we speak of 'seriousness' in fiction ultimately
we are talking about an attitude toward death--how
characters may act in its presence, for example, or
how they handle it when it isn't so immediate. 
Everybody knows this, but the subject is hardly ever
brought up with younger writers, possibly because
given to anyone at the apprentice age, such advice is
widely felt to be effort wasted." (SL, "Intro," pp.
5-6)

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