Comments on: The Urge to Regulate and Control Goes Too Far. http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-urge-to-regulate-and-control-goes-too-far/ Defending Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Sun, 19 May 2013 08:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pino http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-urge-to-regulate-and-control-goes-too-far/#comment-16071 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:29:34 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=31101#comment-16071 What the Nannies have done is to create contempt for directions.

I think it’s more of a contempt for responsibility.

]]> By: Lon Mead http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-urge-to-regulate-and-control-goes-too-far/#comment-16050 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:02:39 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=31101#comment-16050 I’ve always liked the discussion over “scary-looking” assault rifles for a couple of reasons. First, it reminds me of this bit from Douglas Adams’ “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, describing the Kill-O-Zap ray gun:

“The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. ‘Make it evil,’ he’d been told. ‘Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with.”

Second, as Ben Shapiro pointed out in his pimp-slap of Piers Morgan the other night, that the majority of these shootings do not occur with rifles of any kind… handguns are the weapon of choice in most of those cases.

I work in a large conference hotel, and even though we have to pretend that that we cater to grown-ups, you won’t believe the amount of signage we are obligated to put up. We, like most hotels, make a lot of it as unintrusive as possible, but it has to be there. Next time you stay at a full-service hotel, take a look around, and you’ll see what I mean.

]]> By: The Elephant's Child http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-urge-to-regulate-and-control-goes-too-far/#comment-16047 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:23:00 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=31101#comment-16047 I’d never seen the one from Steve Martin. Funny. Maybe we need a Department of Consequences to consider the effects of the stupid things they put into law. Congress is very bad at understanding incentives and consequences— perfectly illustrated by the current battle over gun rights. People who have never held a gun and find magazines scary looking are sure that getting rid of the scary things will make everybody safe. The answer is Tim McVeigh, and the answer to keeping crazy people from getting guns is Major Hassan.

]]> By: Lon Mead http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-urge-to-regulate-and-control-goes-too-far/#comment-16046 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:08:45 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=31101#comment-16046 Also, this little gem from Steve Martin…

http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20060324/msgs/626555.html

]]> By: Lon Mead http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-urge-to-regulate-and-control-goes-too-far/#comment-16045 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:06:50 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=31101#comment-16045 Yes, it’s Happy Fun Ball! The toy sensation that’s sweeping the nation! Only $14.95 at participating stores! Get one today!

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itching
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]]> By: The Elephant's Child http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-urge-to-regulate-and-control-goes-too-far/#comment-16043 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:07:35 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=31101#comment-16043 Well, at least it doesn’t beat around the bush. :>)

]]> By: hey_sherm http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/the-urge-to-regulate-and-control-goes-too-far/#comment-16042 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:56:33 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=31101#comment-16042 My favorite is on a hydraulic trencher, ” THIS MACHINE WILL KILL YOU “

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