[scottiewottie]

More kids are killed by simply walking than by containers of water or handguns combined. Locking your child in a closet, or binding their feet together, could be seen as a trendy and innovative safety intervention.

[HiJinx]

Wait a minute. People have a right to enjoy standing water, it's guaranteed by the Constitution, y'know, "the Pursuit of Happiness" and all...
You can't go and mandate a trigger toilet-lid lock for every household in America, that's totalitarianism at its worst!
What are these TMM wimmen all about, anyway!? I bet they're just a bunch of uptight ol' biddies like Carrie Nations who couldn't have a meaningful life if their very existence depended on it!

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[Fredgoblu]

You laugh, but the federal government actually asked the paint industry to "voluntarily" regulate its use of buckets. The end result is a universal child drowning sticker that can be applied to the bucket. They had wanted a more agressive solution, such as a bucket that tipped over when a child dove in, or a bucket that biodegraded over time. Thankfully, drier heads prevailed.

I always wondered why they were attacking buckets...which were designed to hold paint, etc., not water...yet they had no intention of attacking the tub, toilet, and sink industries, and their killer products.

[fivetoes]

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