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Originally Posted by Rasczak  Such a ban would be stupid, but I'll give them credit - at least they're trying to get what they see as a problem changed from their level rather than just suing for a bazillion dollars or calling on government to make laws.
Too bad it never occurred to them that its probably easier to get kids to stop sucking on pen caps than get the pen caps out of circulation. |
I assumed it involved a lawsuit, until I RTFA. Refreshing that it didn't.
It doesn't seem unreasonable to try to get them to re-engineer the caps over time to account for this danger. But a quick and or complete ban seems ridiculous. It would be like banning corkscrews because some child corkscrewed himself by accident. There has to be some responsibility placed on parents, and some amount of danger in children's lives. Making all objects soft and lumpy, just in case a creative toddler finds a way to harm himself, doesn't work for society.