Interesting post on the psychology behind attitudes towards the ban:

    This is the kind of story that gets the public to unanimously cry, "We're a 
    bunch of coddled babies!" and if you cried that, please recall my useful 
    heuristic:  if you ever find yourself in complete agreement with the public, 
    especially when "public" includes people you wanted to murder in the last 
    election, then your position is not only wrong, it's not even yours.  You 
    have been trained to have this thought, so the money is in understanding why.
	

http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/09/the_nanny_state_didnt...