Re:The Inexplicable War on Lemonade Stands
by SageRaven on Saturday October 29, 2011 @04:38PM
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It follows the same progression as everything else in our nanny state of a society.
When I was a wee lad in k-12 school, school parties were a smorgasbord of home-prepared treats (brownies, cookies, punch, you name it). Fifteen years later, when my kids were briefly in public school (we yanked 'em and un-school them now), home-made goodies are now forbidden as health hazards. So instead of a unique assortment of recipes, you get every kid offering the same bland varieties of Oreos, Ho-Hos, and Chips Ahoy.
Pardon my French, but it's a fucking sad state of affairs our society has found itself in.
When I was a wee lad in k-12 school, school parties were a smorgasbord of home-prepared treats (brownies, cookies, punch, you name it). Fifteen years later, when my kids were briefly in public school (we yanked 'em and un-school them now), home-made goodies are now forbidden as health hazards. So instead of a unique assortment of recipes, you get every kid offering the same bland varieties of Oreos, Ho-Hos, and Chips Ahoy.
Pardon my French, but it's a fucking sad state of affairs our society has found itself in.