[TheForge] The 4" rule continued

[Demon Buddha]

NO no no doc... you got it all wrong.  We need these devices.  They are 
Darwinian aids.

Mike Porter wrote:
> It is well to bemoan that rule, and do so loudly. If you ever find a way to
> live with it conveniently our guardians of public safety may, in the name of
> simple humanity (we well knew the burning desire of children to push their
> heads through railings and strangle themselves), find a worse burden to lay
> at your doors; something on the order of making bricks without straw. 
> 
> For instance, how are we expected to prevent children from launching
> themselves over those same railings, or down the stairs? Perhaps people
> should be required to install child-proof escalators (kiddies might get
> trapped in an elevator and suffer irreparable emotional damage), with
> nannies to restrain the suicidal tykes from jumping out of their seats, and
> psychologists to accompany and console them. As a matter of social justice
> and equality for poor children, second story houses could be declared
> unlawful for anyone who has kids and can't afford a properly organized staff
> of child protection experts. It is only right to "level the playing field"
> after all.
> 
> Speaking of leveling, there are indications of hideous increases in
> earthquake activity (as documented beyond question by all the downtown land
> owners who wish the public to expend a few billion tax dollars scraping that
> ugly old viaduct out of the way of their waterfront views), so the logical
> conclusion is that we must all reside in Teepees. Unfortunately, this brings
> up the very real possibility of our little ones climbing an inclined slope
> and falling to their deaths...a new safety commission will be needed to
> study the problem.
> 
> Who would have thought that Chicken Little would come to run the government
> when we first heard his story--it is awe inspiring!
> Mikey