No future for you
I thought I had seen it all when it comes to a nanny state. Leave it to Britain to show me how silly I was for that thought:
But wait, that’s not all. Thank goodness someone is pointing out the obvious on another program:
And that another is being axed:
Pick any country or locality and it is easy to point to silly or intrusive laws attempting to be passed. Not to mention having priorities slightly misplaced. But seeing these three programs/initiatives all on the same day gave me a very strange feeling. Hopefully the fate of the first story will be the same as the last two.
Parents could be forced to go to special classes to learn to sing their children nursery rhymes, a minister said. Those who fail to read stories or sing to their youngsters threaten their children's future and the state must put them right, Children's Minister Beverley Hughes said. Their children's well-being is at risk 'unless we act', she declared. And Mrs Hughes said the state would train a new 'parenting workforce' to ensure parents who fail to do their duty with nursery rhymes are found and 'supported'.
But wait, that’s not all. Thank goodness someone is pointing out the obvious on another program:
A new 'Nanny State' database designed by the government to identify 'bad' children from birth has been slammed in an official study.
And that another is being axed:
“A government guide that tells pet owners to provide private lavatories for their cats — and "mental stimulation" to prevent them getting bored —is to be withdrawn.”
Pick any country or locality and it is easy to point to silly or intrusive laws attempting to be passed. Not to mention having priorities slightly misplaced. But seeing these three programs/initiatives all on the same day gave me a very strange feeling. Hopefully the fate of the first story will be the same as the last two.
posted by Dwight at
5:04 PM
2 Comments:
If you think forced nursery rhyme singing is bad, how about principals who ban playing tag on the playground?
http://sarcasticynic.blogspot.com/2006/08/obese.html
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The Sarcasticynic, at 10:24 AM
I saw the article you’re referring to a couple of weeks ago, but it didn’t bother nearly as much as these articles did. I don’t think self-esteem was an issue for the banning of tag but rather a risk management decision. That’s definitely a sad commentary on our over-litigious society, and the school should be highlighted (and I don’t mind seeing mocked) accordingly.
But having the state say what you must do with your kids beyond certain safety issues is a dangerous mind-set for a state to be in. But the kicker for these articles for me was coupling this with the dire problems Britain faces (outlined brilliantly by Melanie Phillips in Londonistan) but chooses to ignore. A surefire recipe for having what little personal freedoms left trampled in one form or another.
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Dwight, at 11:04 AM
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