tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post4542489313536620016..comments2023-08-20T12:13:24.740+01:00Comments on Marmalade Sandwich: Box of chocolates? We’ll need to see some IDYoung Mr. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106889555211376281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post-25779583102231191582009-08-12T18:12:21.137+01:002009-08-12T18:12:21.137+01:00I hadn't thought of that one.
But yes, I ca...I hadn't thought of that one. <br /><br />But yes, I can see it coming to pass - particularly if something bad does happen at a birthday party. <br /><br />I can see it all: It gets reported in the press. Someone says "This must never be allowed to happen again." Children's charities call for action. Politicians make a handful of new laws to deal with it.Young Mr. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106889555211376281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post-81555170270512085322009-08-12T15:07:11.085+01:002009-08-12T15:07:11.085+01:00My mother is a teacher, one who runs after-school ...My mother is a teacher, one who runs after-school activities as well, and she fears a law she believes will be enacted in the not-too-distant future. I wonder if you will agree.<br /><br />She suggests that in future parents hosting childrens' birthday parties in their own homes will have to undergo childcare training and the same social disclosure procedures as any leader at a youth event. <br /><br />I have to say, much as it worries me, that I could see this happening...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post-4408090899925799102009-08-02T17:30:47.466+01:002009-08-02T17:30:47.466+01:00Presumably, the manufacturers set the sizes of cho...Presumably, the manufacturers set the sizes of cholocate bars at a level which people want to buy. <br /><br />So, instead of buying a bar of size x, people will buy a bar of size 0.8x. Then, the reasonable people who can control their desires will be left feeling unsatisfied. Those who cannot will buy another, and therefore consume a snack of size 1.6x.<br /><br />To put it another way, this is a classic statist socialist rule; it makes things worse for the people it is meant to help, and makes life less pleasant for the rest.patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.com