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Re:Zen Magnets: 6 Years of Battle End in Victory by faitswulff on Thursday June 21, 2018 @09:48PM (#17370668)
I don't think it is terribly different. Getting struck by a vehicle is at least as great a danger, if not a much more likely scenario, than ingesting magnets, and is also not immediately apparent for the simple fact that the kids are out of sight. I would put "right to roam" laws as being in opposition to the banning of object like magnets or Kinder Eggs.

That said, I do understand they can cause great harm. But what do we lose when we choose to isolate our kids from reality?

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Re:Zen Magnets: 6 Years of Battle End in Victory by thomasfedb on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:29AM (#17389889)
A child being struck by a vehicle is almost always immediately obvious to the driver of that vehicle if nobody else.

That said, I wouldn't ban magnets myself, though I'm against selling then directly to young children.

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