Posted on 06/01/2005 4:16:31 PM PDT by Cowman
In observing the sad state of our society I have noticed a few things that seem to be related. there is a tremendous proliferation of over reaching regulation to prevent accidents. There are air bags and passive restraints to prevent deaths in car crashes. There are all kinds of restrictions on how I can arrange things on my own property to prevent trespassers from hurting themselves. I can't buy a mercury thermometer because some idiot might get exposed to a small amount of a heavy metal. These regulations exist to keep idiots from hurting themselves in the normal course of being idiots.
The idiots appear to be taking over society. An idiot spills coffee on himself and they sue the restaurant and win substantially more than the price of the coffee. The cookie monster is made into the celery monster because cookies are unhealthy. (I just can't fathom Ol' Cookie singing C is for Celery!) Starbucks is able to call a small coffee a "Grande" and charge five bucks for something you can get at the gas station for a buck and a half. And Kerry was considered a serious candidate for President of the United States.
I believe these things are related that by regulating against accidents stupid people are not killing themselves like they are supposed to and the resulting increase in stupidity is pulling the collective IQ of the country down making us an entire nation stupid people.
Perhaps we should start letting the dumb play with blasting caps or grizzly bear insulting.
What do you think?
Then wonder how society persists in doing what various particular individuals can clearly see is less than optimal in the long view.
I think some people just love to regulate the lives of other people. It's an insatiable desire for control.
It has led too almost all the major problems that men have encountered in history once they had solved the problem of what was for dinner.
Sure... she must really love you....
I think she's just mightily impressed that I can parallel park.
I am an award winning parallel parker!
All the boys are very impressed with my parking prowess!
But....................I thought you were female.....????
Chix can park too!
I STILL AM THE BEST PARALLEL PARKER!!!
Well, I'll take your word for it.
3,000,000,000 women on earth, I guess ONE should be able to parallel park ...............
Remember, I can shoot, too.
Naaaaaaaaaaa..... Chicks can't..............
nevermind
Not quite. I know what you're implying, that society is totally responsible for the situation, but I don't buy that society is totality to blame. Lawyers are a profession. Professions are distinct from crafts and trades in that they have a responsibility to a higher power than just attorney and client. For lawyers, they have a responsibility to the law and the public good. But the legal profession has always sold itself out of actually existing as a "profession" and they continually reduce their own status to that of a trade by ignoring their responsibilities to the law and the Constitution.
Society gets most of the blame, but I am not willing to hold lawyers blameless.
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don't hurt me.
Ask Pissant what I do to men who pissant me off.
Remember.........I'm a sub. ;0)
Everyone is a sub, to me.
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*sigh*
You're my favorite Free.......
nevermind
Interesting when approached on the macro level. I seem to remember a quote from one of the former industrial titans (perhaps Vanderbilt but I read it so long ago...) that said he was dismayed at his success in that his children would be weakened by not having to struggle for the things he was able to provide them.
Could it be that society can only take so much success before it implodes?
Hmmmm.
Not in my opinion.
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