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San
Francisco is considering a ban on the sale of goldfish. Basically, the
government is afraid that people are getting fish as impulse buys and
not treating them properly, so they don’t want to allow anyone to buy
them at all. They’re also considering a ban on parents having their
babies circumcised.
They’ve already banned Happy Meals, as they think
they’re too enticing
to children and parents can’t be expected to control what their own
kids eat ...
The leaders of these cities have taken it upon themselves to place
their own opinions of what people should or should not be doing above
basic liberty. They’ve made it the government’s role to be a nanny and
have ruled individual choice as unimportant. And I have one thing to
say to them: [Cont]
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Both Jews and Muslims are suing the city council over this.
ReplyDeleteThe downside is hey won't stop doing this kind of crap until the vigilantes show up, because they can use taxpayer money to defend against suits and they own the judges anyway.
Maybe build a big wall around it and rename "Escape from New York" to "Escape from San Francisco"???
ReplyDeleteYou know, I agree with everything else. But not the goldfish deal. I don't think that any living thing should be bought lightly, or as some fallback option because the parent doesn't want to buy the kid a dog. I worked in a pet store a few years ago for a long time, and it always bothered me to see little snot noses getting fish that would be lucky to live two weeks.
ReplyDeleteThey should leave everything else up to the people, and not try to control everything. But I'm not a big fan of goldfish sales.
Good point Anon, a "Fish Big Enough To Fillet" sales regulation is needed.......
ReplyDeleteGoldfish are just turtle food anyway. Who cares about them? California nutjobs.
ReplyDeleteThe more concern a person "Publicly" displays about animals, the more likely it is that they hate people in inverse proportion. By giving animals "rights" they have the excuse to take away people "rights."
ReplyDeleteThe more they give PC concerned speeches about respecting other cultures the more likely they will attack another cultures religious beliefs and dietary traditions unless it is those of Muslims who seem to scare the defenders of PC.
King County, Washington just passed a law that everyone involved in water sports of any kind (except flycasting) must wear a life jacket. No kidding. It's an 86 buck fine if you're caught swimming without one. Kind of presents a few pictures that make me giggle. Does that mean if Jesus came down again and walked on water HE'D be fined?
ReplyDeleteImpulse buying ain't as bad as impulse legislating.
ReplyDeleteIZZY, My wife had a pet snapping turtle. We bough 3 goldfish feeders for a dollar to feed "Cleo". He never touched them. They got to be frying size after a year or so. They out grew the tank. We gave them to a young lady with a big aquarium. Cleo pushed up the lid of our tank and crawled out the window never to be seen again. I guess he got lonely... He was a belligerent bastard, I hope he bites some senator on the toe. TDB
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