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Government Destroys Buckyballs, Assaults the Mind
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| 12/14/12
| Ari Armstrong
Posted on 12/14/2012 9:19:49 AM PST by GSWarrior
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posted on
12/14/2012 9:19:59 AM PST
by
GSWarrior
To: GSWarrior
Oh, good grief. We’ve apparently arrived at the point in nanny-statism where we ban any product that some little tykes might be tempted to stick in their mouths - in other words, just about everything. If your kid swallows a bunch of rare-earth magnets, the fault lies with you as a parent or maybe with your kid if he/she is old enough to know better - blaming and banning the inanimate object is the inevitable reaction of the government.
To: GSWarrior
My local Hallmark had them on sale for $10 because of this stupid government meddling. They are usually around $30. I bought five sets. I love playing with them and gave them to my kids.
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posted on
12/14/2012 9:32:24 AM PST
by
manic4organic
(It was nice knowing you, America.)
To: manic4organic
I love playing with them and gave them to my kids. That makes you a bad parent. I'm telling the First Lady.
; )
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posted on
12/14/2012 9:37:52 AM PST
by
GSWarrior
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To: GSWarrior
Can you imagine what would have happened 110 years ago if an overprotective US government had found out that the new invented automobile would cause maybe 50,000 deaths and injuries a year?
We would still be using horses and trains to get around.
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posted on
12/14/2012 9:38:53 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(SAVE THE SUMATRAN RAT MONKEY!)
To: GSWarrior
I’m not sure the enough of today’s Americans are capable of handling Buckyballs responsibly.
It’s sad to see adults get caught up in these restrictions. But too many Americans are irresponsible children in adult bodies, so such restrictions are necessary - both to protect them from themselves and to protect us from them as well.
Don’t get mad at the government. Get mad at the irresponsible child who’s ruining things for the rest of us.
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posted on
12/14/2012 9:49:03 AM PST
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: GSWarrior
Meh.
The government banned a commonly-occurring weed that has killed exactly nobody in 25,000 years and some people on Free Republic can’t cheer them on enough. Maybe we have the nanny state we deserve.
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Can you imagine what would have happened 110 years ago if an overprotective US government had found out that the new invented automobile would cause maybe 50,000 deaths and injuries a year?
Cars? What about motorcycles, which by their very design cannot accept the myriad safety "features" mandated.
Ever wonder what happened to TRUE bench seats? Why backseats now have THREE headrests? The disappearance of full-sized station wagons with rumble seats? The truly large families I know have to shell out for 12 and 16 passenger vans because there aren't enough belts to go around. When I was a kid, 7 (2 grown-ups and five kids) of us were crammed in a beltless '61 Dodge Lancer. The child seat HOOKED OVER the front bench seat, mainly to keep me from bthering the driver. I did get to use the integrated steering wheel however. Fortunately, my folks were careful drivers.
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posted on
12/14/2012 9:56:25 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: GSWarrior
Well, they are 19 and 22 y.o., so I doubt they’ll swallow them or anything!
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posted on
12/14/2012 10:00:19 AM PST
by
manic4organic
(It was nice knowing you, America.)
To: GSWarrior
Where was the Government when my Brother bashed me in the head with an Etch-a-sketch?
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posted on
12/14/2012 10:01:35 AM PST
by
jaz.357
(Welcome to hell. Here's your accordion.)
To: GSWarrior
Ban paper, it causes cuts
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posted on
12/14/2012 10:15:19 AM PST
by
tophat9000
(American is Barack Oaken)
To: GSWarrior
Got mine ordered!
Gonna be great Christmas gifts!
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posted on
12/14/2012 10:19:28 AM PST
by
petro45acp
( Merry Christmas !! Adeste Fidele!)
To: Mr. Know It All
“The government banned a commonly-occurring weed that has killed exactly nobody in 25,000 years...”
People die every day while under the influence of that commonly-occurring weed - they wreck their cars, fall off stuff, make bad decisions around machinery, etc.
If you don’t believe me, go hang out at a trauma center sometime.
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posted on
12/14/2012 10:19:28 AM PST
by
Owl558
("Those who remember George Satayana are doomed to repeat him")
To: Owl558
The government banned a commonly-occurring weed that has killed exactly nobody in 25,000 years... People die every day while under the influence of that commonly-occurring weed - they wreck their cars, fall off stuff, make bad decisions around machinery, etc.
Ditto for alcohol - should government ban it?
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posted on
12/14/2012 10:28:19 AM PST
by
JustSayNoToNannies
("mouth piece from the pit of hell" (Bellflower, 11/10/2012))
To: Owl558
People die every day while under the influence of that commonly-occurring weed - they wreck their cars, fall off stuff, make bad decisions around machinery, etc.
You can make the same point about alcohol times a zillion. I guess we should ban that, too.
To: GSWarrior
This isn't Nanny-statism.
This is rancher-and-his-cattleism.
We are now nothing more than livestock owned by the feral government.
This means we have no right to anything, starting with private property, which is what Agenda 21 is all about.
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posted on
12/14/2012 10:41:20 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state." - Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator)
To: Dr. Sivana
When I was a toddler, my parents made plenty of long-distance drives to my grandparents’ house with me in a playpen in the back seat of their ‘64 Comet 2-door. Plus there were many trips after I got a bit older (and after my sister was born) where us kids rode in the back of a station wagon with the rear seats folded flat.
Oh, the horror! I never should have lived this long. :)
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posted on
12/14/2012 10:44:22 AM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Some cultures are destined to remain stupid and we need to quit trying to uplift them.)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
That reminds me of our old VW bug. All of us kids would fight to sit in the “hole”, the space behind the back seat. Great fun!
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posted on
12/14/2012 10:56:40 AM PST
by
kdot
To: JustSayNoToNannies
Ditto for alcohol - should government ban it?They did; the results are an object lesson.
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posted on
12/14/2012 11:04:20 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
To: JimRed
You and I know that - but does the Reefer Madness crowd know that?
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posted on
12/14/2012 11:21:19 AM PST
by
JustSayNoToNannies
("mouth piece from the pit of hell" (Bellflower, 11/10/2012))
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