Thursday, June 15, 2006
Protection From Ourselves
This reminded me of something I thought a while back - the problem with protecting people from themselves is "where do you draw the line?" Now we're protecting children from accidentally eating food at school that they are allergic to, what happens when they get home? Or leave school? They'll be so used to being protected that they may forget to think about it themselves. You learn far more from making a mistake, but people can't make mistake any more.
Also, warning labels themselves have become so common that they are easy to ignore, especially when 99% of them state the obvious. "May contain nuts" on a packet of nuts may seem funny and ridiculous, but the problem is we're now so used to everything having a warning sign that we no longer read them.
Also, warning labels themselves have become so common that they are easy to ignore, especially when 99% of them state the obvious. "May contain nuts" on a packet of nuts may seem funny and ridiculous, but the problem is we're now so used to everything having a warning sign that we no longer read them.
