Comments on: EU directive on kids, balloons and other toys https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-eu-safety-rules/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:01:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lane https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-eu-safety-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-127302 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:27:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25102#comment-127302 Hey, I’m of a pretty libertarian bent, and so I’m not a fan of bans. I just want accurate information – on child’s toys (deflated balloons are a notorious choking hazard for children) and in headlines about policy.

If you’re OK with this label policy being billed as “EU bans children blowing up balloons”, I’m with you, in a way – I can’t stop people from consuming junk food or junk news.

]]> By: doug https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-eu-safety-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-127267 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:47:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25102#comment-127267 but why do you need the warning at all? if it doesnot apply to household use, why does it apply? everywhere else? why is parental supervision better than any other adult supervision?

]]> By: roy https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-eu-safety-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-127265 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:01:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25102#comment-127265 I initially read this as simply “Children to be banned from blowing up”, which seemed pretty reasonable.

]]> By: Mike https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-eu-safety-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-127264 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:39:36 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25102#comment-127264 Lane, this time it might be a warning, sometimes its a law. Thats not the point. I dont need or want government telling me (or warning me) how to supervise my kids with balloons. I also dont want the government telling me to eat my veggies, get into bed before 10pm, or to wipe my ass before leaving the bathroom. These things may all be good for me, but I already have a mother, I dont need a second one.
Government has important roles, but mothering us should not be one of them.
How did humans survive all these centuries without these oh so helpful “warnings” ?

]]> By: Lane https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-eu-safety-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-127258 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:20:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25102#comment-127258 This has been reported a zillion times – too good to resist (“Socialist Europe bans fun, just like Obama”) despite being totally false. The directive mandates a warning on balloons, saying that children under 8 should be supervised. That’s it. A warning.

Internet hysteria here:
http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF-8&ion=1&nord=1#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&nord=1&site=webhp&source=hp&q=eu%20bans%20balloons&pbx=1&oq=&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&fp=18aa9f7b4fee5b6d&ion=1&ion=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=18aa9f7b4fee5b6d&biw=1024&bih=653&ion=1

Relevant facts here:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/toys/files/tsd-guidance/tsd_rev_1-3_explanatory_guidance_document_en.pdf

]]> By: ps https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-eu-safety-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-127256 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:05:54 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25102#comment-127256 in an effort to curb obesity, the EU has banned birtjday cake. In order to reduce rampant consumerism amd depletion of the rain forests, the EU has banned the giving of birthday presents. To stop discrimination against the disabled, blind mans bluff has been renamed visually impaired persons plausible deniability, then it was banned because it was dangerous anyway.

]]> By: Alan K. Henderson https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-eu-safety-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-127253 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:54:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25102#comment-127253 I want to see if the EU can bend the laws of physics enough to lower the volume of the corn popper push toy.

There’s no way that toy could have been invented by someone who had kids.

]]> By: Bob Lipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-eu-safety-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-127237 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:37:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25102#comment-127237 Well my mother always said you could put an eye out with that. But she said that about everything. It’s a wonder she had three children.

Bob

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