On 29/06/11 14:09, Rachel Polanskis wrote:
My definition of "nanny state" is that it is a phrase used by those who would let a dog bite you repeatedly while ensuring it is always your right for it to do so.
LOL
Couldn't have said it better. Except when it's the States dog doing the biting...THEN there's a problem :)
There are people in our society who for one reason or another tend to make bad choices while asserting it is their right. When a government or organisation intervenes to mitigate the situation it will often be accused of this "nannyism" by vested interests who would prefer that the bad choices be allowed to continue,
Oh come on now. You've gone too far with this. British American Tobacco, Hardies, the mining companies and the nuclear power station owners cannot surely be considered to have vested interests.
The usage of the phrase recently by right wing lobby groups is both effective and wrong. They assert that<insert behaviour here> is the right of the individual, but the concern is not for the individual, but for the continuation of practices that ensure that the lobby group's masters retain their revenue stream/control over the individual/ideological process or some other outcome usually aimed at strengthening the behaviour.
Jeeeeeez Louise, now your sounding like a first year sociology student - and I ought to know!
;)
> When I hear the phrase "nanny state", I shudder and then look at who is saying it. Usually their background will indicate a far less savoury connection that is not at all interested in your rights. rachel
Well, there goes my donation to the mining companies to help them fight against that nasty tax. I mean, really, how can we possibly not help them? This tax will only ensure that money resulting from the sale of community assets (stuff in the ground) will be returned to the community rather than be spent by some oligarch or bazzillionaire on a new Ferrari, Lear Jet or their forty fifth house.
What an outrageous thing to do to people like Gina-Rinhehart-soon-to-be-the-worlds-richest-person!
http://blogs.forbes.com/clareoconnor/2011/06/28/this-woman-may-soon-be-richer-than-carlos-slim-and-bill-gates/ How will she survive? Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
