the babyproof police have gone too far?

[cimorene]

Frtnj I was reading an article about a recall of a baby gate known to fall down when repeatedly tugged on by babies. Top comment was some mouthbreather like, “I think this ‘culture of safety’ has gone too far. By this logic they should also recall large bookcases.”

I know you’re not meant to read the comments, but this is practically unbelievable. They’re now applying the concept of pc police to babyproofing?!

The difference, Pekka, is that those bookcases are not specifically FOR BABIES, and unlike the baby gate in question, they all come with a safety warning telling you to anchor them to the wall with screws.

Somebody give this guy a very heavy bookcase before he votes Perussuomalaiset again.

#never read the comments

Comments

[brownbetty]

Wanting your baby safety equipment to not assault your baby is political correctness run amok!

[lobelia321]

What is frtnj?

[cimorene]

For Reasons That Don't Need Exploring At This Juncture, origins in old Due South (although looking at it it's clearly missing some of the letters and I can't remember how many of them it's usually missing when I see it, either) (fortunately it was not a semantically important bit).

[pensnest]

For some... people, the urge to blame the "politically correct brigade" is strong enough to suppress all common sense.

*So* tiresome.