Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
But there's a difference between toys with lead paint and toys that are just toys. Toys by themselves are not inherrantly harmful. Do kids really view the happy meal toys as a reason to gorge on fast food? I had plenty of happy meals as a kid. I survived without ever becoming remotely overweight. Chomping on lead paint is a completely different scenario. Every kid that does so will likely be harmed. And most kids, especially at teething age, are likely to want to chomp on paint.

There was a blurb on the news the other day about how many public swimming pools wouldn't be opening on time this summer because they didn't have some new safety drain thing installed. A whole one kid per year had died in the US over the last 10 years by being sucked into the drain of a pool. I'm sorry those kids died. But is it really worth it to keep millions of kids from going swimming on the off chance that one might drown this summer? And if it is then why don't we just shut down all swimming pools forever because someone might someday drown in one of them.

Ultimately I think I agree with you. Lead paint on kids toys is a really really bad idea and ought to be banned. There's no good to come from any lead painted toy. Happy meal toys, on the other hand, can be enjoyed by plenty of kids without ruining their lives. And if it becomes apparent that the toys are causing obesity or other problems for the kid then it should be up to the parent to be responsible and act like a parent and say no to future happy meals.

By the same token plenty of people can enjoy porn without destroying their lives. And frankly, unlike with kids, if an adult can't manage their life and if porn destroys it then so be it. As an adult I want to be able to make my own decisions about what to do with my life. I don't need to spend all of it as a little kid, first to my parents and then to my government. If the government should be involved at all it should be to offer help and assistance to people who realize that the porn (or drugs in the case of heroin users) is causing them problems and they want help from someone.
Porn is garbage that destroys families, homes, treats human beings like pieces of meat. Nothing is good about it. It usually destroys an innocent party involved, like a spouse. I know women who have caught their husbands looking at it. they were devastated and their marriages did not always survive. Its crap.