Stating the obvious
There is a section of the population that scare me.
I call them the Nannied.
These are the people who are incapable of thinking for themselves and who sit there in a state of total anxiety waiting for some “expert” or “authority” to tell them what to do. These same people apparently are idiotic enough to think that everything is absolutely safe unless there are explicit statements by “the authorities” that it isn’t.
Occasionally one of them will hit the headlines. We will hear of some tragedy where a child was killed on a quad-bike or drowned while surfing and immediately the parents start screaming for legislation to ban all quad-bikes or to fence off all access to the sea. Do these people really not realise that a quad-bike can turn over? Have they never heard of drowning before? Would they pour a gallon of petrol onto the living room fire to light it because there are no printed warnings on the mantelpiece? Would they stick their fingers in a live light socket because there is no safety guard?
Then there are those who love to grab the headlines to pander to the Nannied.
There is a perfect example in the news today –
Sweet suffering Jayzus on a banana! Do the Nannied really have to be told this? Do they really have to be advised, not just to keep kids away from lawnmowers but to actually lock them up? Is Dr Eadie just looking for her moment of fame in the headlines or does she genuinely think there are people who need to be warned of the obvious. Sadly, I suspect the latter.
As for the people for whom the warning is intended …
If you don’t realise that machinery can be dangerous you really aren’t fit to be a parent.
This is one of the few case where I am for government intervention. All such idiots should receive effective long term birth control up to and including serialization. Of course it will never happen, it is precisely these people that keep electing most of Jackals to public office.
I do apologize for the last bit I was off on rant and never should have compared Jackals to politicians, it was not fair to the Jackals.
Heh! I knew a woman once who sincerely advocated putting birth control in the water supply. If you want kids, you have to apply for an antidote. There are times now when I would damned near agree with her.
please dont give any government ideas about water supplies,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ooops to late, flouride is here to stay and birth control wont be far behind now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our water pipes flow two ways – one way delivers fluoride to the house and the other feed our cash to the Gubmint. Our lot know only too well how to tinker with the water system
There is a book about that called 'Benefits' by Zoe Fairbairn I think, it was published by the feminist group Virago in the late 70s.. Unfortunately there were drastic unforeseen results for the baby when the antidote was given but still not a bad idea in some ways when you see some parents.