Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Nanny State Alert


Indiana lawmakers find it "disturbing" that a 15 year-old girl would strip naked in order to receive a spray-on tan. Republican State Rep. Bruce Borders has jumped on this like flies on manure.
"I definitely would be interested in taking a look at that. I think it is one of those things that you can remedy a problem without doing away with the (spray) process. Obviously those spray-on tans from what we know are not an unsafe thing," he said. "That's one of those laws that would be ready-made for some good testimony. It's one of those that is almost fitting to have a good law written. Some things are kind of messy and I don't think that one would be that hard to tweak and make it work and make a good law to protect minors."
Stop, stop, stop writing laws for every single incident where parenting is the best choice. Nothing happened to this girl, and the vast majority of males out there are not child predators. We have to stop punishing innocent people for the transgressions of the few.

Democratic State Rep. Sandy Blanton has also flown onto the pile.
"I am just shocked that the girl would get nude and that the fellow (the salon owner) would ask her to. I'm just shocked about the whole situation. This is something that definitely needs looked into. My teenage daughter is 39 years old now, but I don't think I'd like it very much for her to have to go through something like that even at 39."
Even at age 39? Is this person nuts? Is this pol seriously considering requiring people of all ages to be clothed in tanning salons?

These are dangerous people, looking to control every aspect of your life. Just wait until they find out that people are actually naked at nudist resorts. Please make politicians like this go away. Are you registered to vote?

Note: The Mayo Clinic confirms that spray-tanning is safe.

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