Decepticon Spike wrote:well , if parents would use common sense, and stop their kids from putting toys in their mouths, trying to eat them, there would be no need for these type of laws.
Wow...you obviously don't have kids to say something that ignorant...
Simply astounding...
Scaleface wrote:
Actually what you say with sarcasm, I say with conviction. "How dare the US gov't try to protect children from the potential brain damage caused by lead paint." It's none of their slagging business and it's a waste of my cash and the freedom of a toy company to choose how to do it's business. Such safety concerns should be driven by the free markets not a few scared parents and a pushy couple of congressmen.
And just exactly how are parents supposed to know if the toy is damaging to their child in that way? It's not like they come with labels that say "Oh by the way this toy will **** up your kid so consider yourself warned!" I'm pretty goddamn glad there is some sort of agency that's looking out for this stuff... and if the "free markets" you have so much faith in were actually doing their jobs, there wouldn't be a need for government intervention...
Don't get me wrong...At times I think toy safety-laws go a little far...I don't know any kid that ever stabbed himself in the eye with Optimus Primes shoulders...But lead-paint is severely damaging and dangerous (especially for children) and illegal to use on toys in this country...