the labour party: protecting you from yourself

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Spiffor
"Vaccining the children is the parents' responsibility"

Vaccination is required not to protect the individual vaccinated, but to protect the rest of society.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I like hot baths and shouldn't be denied to take one at a temperature that I desire.

Try one at a temperature above 60 degrees C. It'll be really funny. Not for you, admittedly.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Try one at a temperature above 60 degrees C. It'll be really funny. Not for you, admittedly.

According to the article, the valve would prevent being able to warm a bath that has cooled off.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
According to the article, the valve would prevent being able to warm a bath that has cooled off.

Look again at the source . The only thing where I remotely trust the article s when it says that a politician wants to adress the problem of scalding water.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Pekka
DD, we don't care... let them have their stupidities. It's not like we are going to be affected by it.

But isn't it written in the EU "constitution" that the nation with the dumbest law on a particular subject gets to have that law imposed on the rest of the union?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Adults have a right to choose their own temperature, I should think.

No adult choses 130° bathwater or higher.

[chequita guevara]

Okay, assume I'm a child. My parents are distracted and they draw a bath that scalds me. I now have 3rd degree burns over a substantial part of my body. I get to live my life in pain, suffering years of operations and skin grafts and look like a freak. How exactly is my life helped by punishing the parent who made the accident happen?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Here's another way of looking at it.

Those control taps are expensive. These measures mean you get them automatically. If you want to keep them, then award yourself a big cup of milky tea and a biscuit.

If you want to keep them, but can't be arsed to keep them maintained, award yourself a big cup of milky tea and a biscuit. Who's going to be able to enforce it? They can't for gas boilers, so thinking the tap police will come calling is hilarious.

If you don't want them, get a spanner. Go down to "B & Q" and spend £15 on a new set of ordinary taps. Fit them in a 30 minute job. I'll post instructions on how to do this if anyone's confused. Then award yourself a big cup of milky tea and a biscuit.

Whilst doing so, take time out to ponder how this can be considered "news". You freaks.

[MikeH]

Please, please, please don't take Laz's advice on plumbing. Would cause a massive national flooding catastrophe.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara

No adult choses 130° bathwater or higher.

I think I can visualize Boris' scenario more clearly for you. Imagine that you've been enjoying a nice soak for a while, but the water is getting cold. The tub is nearly full with clean water so what you really want is a little very hot water to warm up the large amount of lukewarm water that you currently have. I agree with Boris, we should have a choice. Perhaps as Spencer suggests this should be regulated only in apartments where people cannot independently make a choice that fits their situation. Otherwise let adults run hot water if they want.

[Az]

I am not sure what is this device that is proposed?

If it's some sort of thermostat that keeps a person from having extremely hot water pouring over him in the shower, or extremely hot water being in a bath, who the hell in their right minds would oppose it?

[Provost Harrison]

It just strikes me as a bizarre subject matter for the government to turn it's attention to...

[Dinner]

Che had a good point about old people in nursing homes or young children who are left at the mercy of someone else who just might not care. Like Japher said we have scald protectors in California and nothing bad seemed to happen. It might halp a few people and it doesn't cost much so why not?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
It just strikes me as a bizarre subject matter for the government to turn it's attention to...

It's "The Sun". Enough said.


"Oh no! The Tap Police are coming!"

[Provost Harrison]

It's funny, if it's The Sun I'm surprised they haven't been able to blame this one on the EU