[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Ban water.

Think of the children, dammit!

[rfreedom4u]

California has pretty much gotten rid of most of their water.

[EEGator]

Ban dihydrogen monoxide...easier sell.

[workerbee]

Ban water. Think of the children, dammit!

Way back, I remember John Stossel did a segment to highlight to absurdity of calls to ban "things" because of one terrible incident, because of ignorance, etc. He began by telling the audience that there was a "substance" that had been linked to the death of 500 (or whatever) kids in the past year. This "substance" was a chemical compound, etc. yadda yadda, on and on. At the end of his talk, he asked the audience, "should it be banned". Nearly everyone agreed. Then he said, "well, what if it was only 200 kids", then "100 kids", and so on. Finally he got down to "what if it was 1 kid" and there was still a lady who demanded "1 kid was too many." After all was said and done, the "substance" was revealed as -- you guessed it -- water.

I think of that show every time I see panic articles about anything from deodorant to disease.