Are we living in a Nanny State?

Well, since companies and corporations often care little about the health of the consumers, it would be appropriate that those we appoint to speak for us, mediates; the government. Check out the third world. I think we have it better. You can still poison yourself if you feel like it, but knowingly so.

I doubt that the customers will be MORE careless because we have more warnings.

I wish we were “nannied” to fix that almost 70% of adults in America are over weight. This is the whine country.

I believe that websites like myspace are actually the reason that people are losing all form of common sense.

@pinkparaluies Can you explain why you think websites like Myspace are to blame for the loss of common sense?

@Leanne1986 Myspace kind of created all of the me me me. A lot of the current music thats out there is about how everyone is a “star” and everyone is “famous”. Myspace has created a little world where EVERYTHING this about you. Taking photos of yourself for attention and most people create some kind of “alter ego” on the internet, which makes them feel “popular”. It seems like a terrible thing to me. Its dumbing everyone down because it doesn’t matter how you act on these websites, as long as youre “attractive” you’ll get attention.

I think the entire phenomenon where everyone thinks theyre some kind of celebrity is getting out of hand. Especially with people in their 20’s. People taking self photos with their young children bothers me, too (bright flash, etc). Most of them treat their child like an accessory rather than a responsibility.

Maybe I’m looking too much into this, but I’ve seen too much of it first hand. So very disgusting.

@pinkparaluies That makes sense and I agree with a lot of what you say here.

@Leanne1986 Thanks :)

When it comes to potential health hazards, I really don’t want to find out through trial and error. In general I don’t see how these warnings could profoundly affect the development of normal common sense. You’d have to be pretty dumb already if that were to happen.

I think there are other things in society that deserves spite much more. While Falun Gong followers are executed in china, repatriating North Koreans, anything old enough to walk gets raped in Congo, Indians sell kidneys to make money, death squads raid colombia supported by Chiquita, people in the west bitch about that the government puts warning labels on dangerous or unhealthy products.

I agree that it might feel a bit silly or over the top sometimes. But it’s there to give you an informed choice.

I hate to burst a bubble, but I think it’s time conservatives learned that Mary Poppins is just fiction. They should step away from the Disney marathon and experience real life for a change.

Do you prefer boiling water in a microwave and then suffer really bad burns which will scar you for life, after which you realise that boiling water in a microwave can make the water explode, or do you prefer being made aware of that danger by a label or a passage in the manual and not suffering the burns at all?

@ragingloli I do wonder about strings of holiday lights warning labels that read for indoor or outdoor use only Um, what else is there?

@Psychedelic_Zebra
underwater

I think part of the reason Republicans in general are nervous about the Nanny state view of things, calling it socialism, is because they see that many places (not all) have taken handguns away from the populace. People love their guns, and rightly so, as if you are properly trained, properly licensed, and intelligent enough to have guns, you should be allowed to keep them, no matter what anyone else feels. some folks would have you believe that all gun owners are somehow deficient in intelligence.

The criminal element have guns, usually no training, definitely no firearm owners ID card, (simply because felons can’t own guns) and while law abiding aren’t allowed a concealed carry permit, the thugs and gang bangers and other criminal elements carry weapons without impunity.

A lot of the Republicans fear of the Nanny state, and when you see how many First World countries (I have no stats right now) have removed the public’s right to bear arms, I can’t say that I blame them.

@ragingloli what sort of moron is going to use Giftmas lights underwater?

@Psychedelic_Zebra
maybe someone wants to illuminate their aquarium from the inside.

A lot of the Republicans fear of the Nanny state, and when you see how many First World countries (I have no stats right now) have removed the public’s right to bear arms, I can’t say that I blame them.

The only 1st world country I know of that has removed the public’s right to bear arms is Japan. The rest still have the right, but under strict regulation.

@ragingloli if you put a chopstick or something else thats not metal in your water then put it in the microwave to boil it, it wont explodes :)

@uberbatman does that work with kittehs, too?

@Psychedelic_Zebra not sure, go try it out :P

What we have become, is a litigious society, at least in the West.
A “Nanny State“would be more akin to totalitarianism.

Also, why is it that women are being used as a theme in this question?

on my hair blower was a warning not to use it in the shower. i had to read the whole pamphlet thru hoping someone would write they were joking. if there are people who want to dry their hair while water is running onto it i think we might be better off without them—hopefully before they reproduce

The major flaw in the warning label reasoning is that it assumes that those who would use a hair dryer in the shower would actually take the time to READ the warning. So many trees have died to print so many warnings… all in vain.

I love nannys.

@The_Compassionate_Heretic I agree with you. Warnings do not appear on products to protect the potential user , it is to protect the manufacturer from potential liability in case of injury. Some warnings are posted after injuries have occurred for the users protection, but many are to avoid law suits.

It would be much better if companies would simply make sure their products are safe, and safety standards are necessary in order to achieve that. Consumers could help by informing themselves of the proper use of products, but I don’t see that happening on a widespread basis anytime soon.

@YARNLADY That is exactly what I was getting at! Thank you!

I agree.. let’s start a petition so that companies will begin to manufacture things like “amphibious or waterproof hairdriers”, “Underwater Christmas Lights” or “non exploding water”!!!~
heaven forbid we actually teach and/or practice some common sense… if we did that then we’d be communists!!!~