Comments on: The Never-Ending Battle Between the U.S. and U.K. for Stupidest Government Policy http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/ Restraining Government in America and Around the World Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Stories Like this Lead Me to Think there’s No Hope for the United Kingdom « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-50385 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:25:34 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-50385 [...] An ID requirement to buy teaspoons. [...]

]]> By: Emmet http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-44998 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:08:46 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-44998 Dd..d..do I need id to but toothpicks?

]]> By: Political Correctness Run Amok: Some Private Sector Contestants for the U.S. vs U.K. Stupidity Contest « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-44896 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:40:16 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-44896 [...] An ID requirement to buy teaspoons. [...]

]]> By: The U.K.’s Upside-Down Approach to Crime: Shoot a Burglar, Go to Jail « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-38561 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:32:42 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-38561 [...] An ID requirement to buy dangerous products such as teaspoons. [...]

]]> By: The United Kingdom Is Doomed by a Perniciously Wimpy Form of Political Correctness « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-30433 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:07:24 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-30433 [...] An ID requirement to buy teaspoons. [...]

]]> By: The Utterly Horrifying English Welfare State « OBAMA-B-GONE http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-26854 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:02:09 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-26854 [...] occasionally commented on foolish public policy in the United Kingdom, including analysis on how the welfare state destroys lives and turns people into despicable [...]

]]> By: Utterly Horrifying Stories about the English Welfare State | Sago http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-26845 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:15:35 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-26845 [...] occasionally commented on foolish public policy in the United Kingdom, including analysis on how the welfare state destroys lives and turns people into despicable [...]

]]> By: Great Moments in Local Government, the New York City Edition « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-25084 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:40:41 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-25084 [...] Indeed, I even put together a post comparing amazingly stupid policies in the United States and United Kingdom. And I later updated that post with new details of brainless bureaucracy. [...]

]]> By: At Least the Federal Government Is Competent at Waste, Inefficiency, and Duplication « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-24558 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:54:59 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-24558 [...] know I’m guilty of sometime posting absurd examples of government stupidity. I hope today’s post shows that I’m capable of looking at the positive side of [...]

]]> By: Horror Stories of Stupidity and Incompetence Downgrade Your Opinion of Big Government | Tennesseans Watching Federal & State Government http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-23084 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:20:54 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-23084 [...] is downright horrifying, perhaps even more disgusting than any of these stories of government malfeasance and idiocy. Several questions come to [...]

]]> By: Another Much-Needed Defense of Tax Competition and Tax Havens by a British Politician « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-21391 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:31:30 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-21391 [...] sometimes make fun of the English, for reasons ranging from asinine laws to milquetoast politicians to horrid healthcare [...]

]]> By: Bankrupt Greek Government Rewards Pedophiles with Disability Payments - Sovereign Investor | Sovereign Investor http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20957 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:23:01 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20957 [...] can anyone want to give more money and power to politicians, for instance, after reading these comparisons of dumb government policy in the United States and United Kingdom? Or how can anyone think it’s a [...]

]]> By: Supposedly Bankrupt Greek Government to Reward Pedophiles with Disability Payments | allfiredupmedia.com http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20949 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:56:02 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20949 [...] can anyone want to give more money and power to politicians, for instance, after reading these comparisons of dumb government policy in the United States and United Kingdom? Or how can anyone think it’s a [...]

]]> By: Supposedly Bankrupt Greek Government to Reward Pedophiles with Disability Payments « News « @griffinrc http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20942 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:23:50 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20942 [...] can anyone want to give more money and power to politicians, for instance, after reading these comparisons of dumb government policy in the United States and United Kingdom? Or how can anyone think [...]

]]> By: » Supposedly Bankrupt Greek Government to Reward Pedophiles with Disability Payments - Big Government http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20938 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:52:14 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20938 [...] can anyone want to give more money and power to politicians, for instance, after reading these comparisons of dumb government policy in the United States and United Kingdom? Or how can anyone think [...]

]]> By: Supposedly Bankrupt Greek Government to Reward Pedophiles with Disability Payments « International Liberty http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20916 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:37:31 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20916 [...] can anyone want to give more money and power to politicians, for instance, after reading these comparisons of dumb government policy in the United States and United Kingdom? Or how can anyone think [...]

]]> By: Paul Schleifer http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20870 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:35:34 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20870 @Joe: The goal is not to make such items illegal. The goal is to make someone legally liable for every bad thing that happens so that lawsuits can increase at an ever increasing rate and lawyers can increase their wealth at an ever increasing rate.
The lawyers who work for the manufacturers and retailers then try to protect themselves from these frivolous lawsuits by creating policies that seem stupid on the face of them or create warning labels that say things like, “Do not use in a shower [on a hair dryer].”

]]> By: Illinois Politicians Meet the Challenge in the U.S. vs. U.K. Government Stupidity Contest | Are We Aware Yet? Political News Blog-Current News Political News Blog http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20864 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:44:37 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20864 [...] Hall When I read the story from England about needing photo ID to buy teaspoons, I thought British bureaucrats built an insurmountable lead in the U.S. vs. U.K. contest for [...]

]]> By: Joe http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20850 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:41:53 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20850 @Paul Schleifer

The only problem with that line of reasoning is the sheer number of items that can be used as lethal weapons in the hands of someone determined to kill or deliver grievous harm to someone else. If you follow that argument to it’s ultimate conclusion then it becomes illegal to sell anything to anyone because of the potential of harm to someone else.

]]> By: andycanuck http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20663 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:51:21 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20663 That’s not a spoon. This is a spoon.

]]> By: ZZMike http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20496 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:45 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20496 It’s always amusing to see Formerly Great Britain sink further into the quicksand.

It’s less so to watch us follow.

]]> By: Paul Schleifer http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-never-ending-battle-between-the-u-s-and-u-k-for-stupidest-government-policy/#comment-20475 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:26:06 +0000 http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/?p=13212#comment-20475 This is not a problem with government policy, per se, but a problem with the legal system. The store’s lawyers have told them that, because somebody once killed someone with a teaspoon, if the store knowingly sells one of these dangerous weapons to a minor, the store could easily be sued for providing a weapon to the minor child if the minor child injures someone with the spoon.
The extension of legal liability to stores that sell legitimate products is more about the greed of lawyers and the abuse of the legal system than anything else. Of course, if I’m not mistaken, the U.K. has some version of loser pays, so such law suits should be less frequent. I could be wrong.

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