Warning labels, on literally everything one buys.
The most infamous label is on the cigarette pack, and then there was the incident with the coffee in Albuquerque. What is your favorite warning…….?
A fellow blogger bought a new small electrical appliance and it had a warning of not to take it to bed or sleep with it. Apparently some people have done just that, hence a warning notice. With the millions of people in the country a few have absurd behavior and it results in an accident. because of the actions of a few, all have to pay the price of their consequences. How much extra cost to the product do you think these warning notices add? There is the oblivious of paper use and extra printing. There is also the legal review expense and the board decision making time. These little things add a small bit on the price of items which the consumer pays.
Why the notices in the first place, am I really that incompetent I can not take care of my self or is there something else going on here. Personally I feel is a little bit on the “Nanny State” thing but a bigger issue is a lawyer thing.
So many lawsuits over frivolous things, yet there is big money, greed is a major force behind lots of these lawsuits. Next thing to look at is the people who pass the laws and regulations. The legislators at most levels of government are attorneys and so are most of the executives. When these people get elected, they do not leave their jobs, most retain a vested interest. A few leave their jobs to be public servants. An attorney that is elected retains a interest in their law firm. The firm generates income for them so it behooves the legal beagle to pass laws that will benefit his firm.
If adding warning labels is to their benefit….. guess what. If the law firm is a litigator of damage suits…. laws will be brought forth to enable the firm. The list rolls on, it becomes a cycle that we as voters have enabled. For whatever reason we keep voting lawyers into the halls of congress.
I read somewhere that about 95% of the Democrats and over 50% of the Republicans are attorneys. Looking at that one can see why so many laws are passed. The more convoluted the language is the more a person needs a legal interpreter.
Next time you see a warning notice….. consider who will benefit the most…….?
When the rain pours here it can fall in buckets and make fields look like rice paddies. The railroad ROW makes a nice dam and collects run of real quick making small pools.
Some of this fell as ice cubes, turning things white. I should of planted some rice in the little paddock.
4 comments:
I was fascinated with some of the warnings I witnessed in Ireland. Some promised no peanuts in the product then said but there may be peanuts so beware of that if you have allergies...sigh. Such monstrous foolishness and the fortunes spent on such things must indeed be staggering. Common sense fades away while legislating laws telling us how to do everything under the sun seems to be the order of the day. How precious freedom and responsibility is.
Excellent point, as always! I agree that some of the warnings on products are ludicrous. They make me wonder!! ~karen
I think it's the lousy education! Products have to dumb down in uses and warnings. Wait...if the schools cheated on the tests. Oh that's another story. No common sense I spose. It comes from pampering the kids too much.
Hey John, thanks for visiting me today, you're certainly right about the situation in Greece and Ireland and you're quite right about the countryside here having its similarities to the Tain Way in some respects. We hope to see more of it come the end of this month and into August...I prefer the higher mountains without a doubt! Bless you, have a great day!
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