"The nanny state may be whatever it is, but the world we live in now is far different than the world we grew up in..."
Yes, and many of the people are a lot dumber now, too.
It isn't the
stuff as much as it is the mentality that now no one has to think, no one has to use any common sense, because someone else is doing the thinking.
The funny thing is that only certain things change, and others don't.
Maybe 20 yrs ago, some company invented a new type of brake light for cars where the lights would flash slowly if the driver applied the brakes gently, and the flashing would speed up the harder the driver pressed the brakes. They were installed on some NYC taxis (I guess that was the acid test
), because they were frequently being rear-ended because of some of their quick moves. No cabs were rear-ended in the test -- none. Do you see these on any cars? No. Because a rear-end accident is often severe enough to total the car, the driver has to buy a new car, and the car company makes more money. Profit always takes precedence over safety.
We've had a 'war on drugs'
for how many years now, have dumped tons of money into it, we've lost more of our liberties because of it, and it's been totally ineffective. Yet it continues.
OTOH, we have drunk drivers killing people right and left, but our legislators don't want to draw a hard line there.
The difference? Many of our legislators drink like fish and don't want to be the victim of their own laws, but they do mostly stay away from drugs. And don't forget the profit motive.
Sue
