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California Floreat

As Alex Massie writes over on his Spectator blog, Governor Jerry Brown of California “has taken to slapping down the kind of mollycoddling absurdities much favoured by that state’s woeful legislature”. “Governor Moonbeam”, as he is nicknamed, recently vetoed a bill proposing to criminalise skiing or snowboarding by children without a helmet.

“While I appreciate the value of wearing a ski helmet, I am concerned about the continuing and seemingly inexorable transfer of authority from parents to the state.” As His Excellency points out, “Not every human problem deserves a law.”

When I was a child, skiing with a helmet was unheard of; but then we were taught to ski without even poles.

Published at 4:04 pm on Tuesday 20 September 2011. Categories: Errant Thoughts Politics Tags: .
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Bravo Governor Brown!

— Valeria Kondratiev 28 Sep 2011 6:48 pm
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