Via Godfather Politics
The EU toy safety directive, agreed and implemented by Government, states that balloons must not be blown up by unsupervised children under the age of eight, in case they accidentally swallow them and choke.
Despite having been popular favourites for generations of children, party games including whistles and magnetic fishing games are to be banned because their small parts or chemicals used in making them are decreed to be too risky.
Apparently harmless toys that children have enjoyed for decades are now regarded by EU regulators as posing an unacceptable safety risk.
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.
The new rules are designed to protect children from the chance that a piece of the whistle could be swallowed and cause choking.
They treat adults like children, so they must now treat children like they were infants. I was hunting squirrel with a single shot .22 when I was eight years old - unsupervised - yet still safe. TPTB want a population of sheep, malleable and easily manipulated, and they're well on their way to attaining their goal too!
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ReplyDeleteJust unbelievable. How the mighty have fallen.
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