| The seeds of the nanny state could well have been sown in the early days of political correctness.
The growing conditions have been helped by government that feels the need to come up with a new policy on something every day and the icing on the cake are the plague of no win no fee brigade all to ready to help you cash in. You don't have to worry about what you do 'cos you can blame somebody else and cash in.
Maybe it was those little notices on Harley mirrors "objects may appear more distant than they are"?
Everywhere you look there are little warning signs, e.g. "caution Hot water" on Hot tap FFS.
Bike related ones ranged from " preserve nature, wear a helmet" could just as easily read "Stop evolution wear a helmet"
"caution hot exhaust" Well I hope it's hot because if it isn't the engine has stopped and I've broken down.
Some of the rules/laws are needed to stop those who for whatever reason just don't know where the boundaries are, i.e. the heavy stuff like violence to children. But the trouble is where do you stop. A few rules are good so more must be better?
Where I work it's got that bad that peeps are starting to get disciplinaries for speaking their mind not on the hot spuds like race, gender, etc but on their opinions of the latest IT system that doesn't work.
It's all oK though 'cos we have a meditation room!! off there now to contemplate me navel a bit more!
Ray
[Edited on 24-10-2005 by Ray]  | 
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