Some kid died on one of Disney's rides the other day. This ride is supposed to simulate a rocket launch in to space, so you get the feeling of experiencing 2 G's max, which is nothing. Despite the fact that doctors have said there's no way the ride caused the kid's death, unless he already had some health problems and shouldn't have been on in the first place, CNN had an expert on calling for some sort of standardization of amusement park rides. More nanny state crap. First they came for the playgrounds, but I don't use them so I didn't speak out. Then they came for the amusement park rides, but I don't go to amusement parks, so I didn't speak out. Then they came for cars, but mine is a piece of junk, so I didn't speak out. Now they've come for my stapler because someone stapled their finger, and now I can't attach two pieces of paper together anymore.

Silly advancement of mine, right? Not really. Twenty years ago no one would ever imagine that monkey bars would be banished from the vast majority of playgrounds, but now it's hard to find them anywhere. If you're going to standardize amusement park rides, well sports cars cause a lot more deaths, so let's only allow cars that can't go faster than 60 mph.