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Topics => World/Foreign Affairs => Topic started by: ToddF on October 10, 2011, 12:18:32 PM

Title: How far they fall, in just a few generations
Post by: ToddF on October 10, 2011, 12:18:32 PM
Truly, another Sunset on Empire moment.

Children to be banned from blowing up balloons, under EU safety rules (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8816601/Children-to-be-banned-from-blowing-up-balloons-under-EU-safety-rules.html)

But wait!  There's more...

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Whistle blowers, that scroll out into a a long coloured paper tongue when sounded – a party favourite at family Christmas meals – are now classed as unsafe for all children under 14.

This won't be the generation to win back Europe, from the barbarian hoards.  Epic fail, on a continental scale.
Title: Re: How far they fall, in just a few generations
Post by: IronDioPriest on October 10, 2011, 12:23:05 PM
Quote from: MNHawk on October 10, 2011, 12:18:32 PM
...This won't be the generation to win back Europe, from the barbarian hoards.  Epic fail, on a continental scale.

Nope... and yup.

How on God's earth does a governmental body get around to ruling balloons too dangerous for children, when the entirety of civilization is quite obviously crumbling around their ears? The mind boggles.
Title: Re: How far they fall, in just a few generations
Post by: LadyVirginia on October 10, 2011, 12:23:35 PM
14?

 ::gaah::

Because parents have no brains.....

whatever happened to parents keeping an eye on the kidlets themselves?