Super Rugby snowflakes

Argue this point, however, and expect concerted resistance from the establishment, armed with its can't-be-argued-with talking point: "The safety of our players is an absolute priority."

Rule 8: Tell the truth – or, at least, don't lie.

If it was primarily about safety, sports players wouldn't be allowed on the field or court. The issue is balance, in the context that human control is limited.

Under Rule 11, Peterson describes watching children skateboard near his university. The kids didn't wear any protective equipment because that "would have ruined it".

"They weren't trying to be safe," he implores. "They wanted to triumph over danger. They were trying to become competent – and it's competence that makes people as safe as they can truly be."

Not only is a zero-tolerance ethos not our salvation, tighter safety rules are counter-productive.

The tackle from Boshier was absolutely competent, natural and without malice. Posturing that safety is the highest measure of success will likely increase the level of risk for players.

The supreme irony here, of course, is that Rugby Australia and other sports organisations remain utterly blind to the strategic opportunity.

In late-2016, Jordan Peterson was an obscure Canadian psychology professor. Now, he's an international "warrior of common sense", with huge commercial value and a rockstar social media following, touring to sold-out venues.

The tide is turning on political correctness, progressive identity politics and nanny-state regulations. As Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump confirm, people are tired of the establishment con game, the self-serving tail wagging the dog.

People want meaning, not expediency; the truth, not lies.

I'd hazard a guess 90 per cent of Super Rugby players consider safety overreach a negative. And I strongly suspect a serious majority of fans and grassroots players feel the same way about the snowflakery.

Yet instead of getting ahead of the curve by putting heroism and spirit before the need to control, Rugby Australia sanctions a second-rate product offering. A few neurosurgeons, lawyers, pious media hacks and overprotective parents who have told their private school headmaster little Angus won't be playing until "something is done" about safety, are not representative of your market.

Those clamouring to listen to and read Jordan Peterson are.