Quote:But, then again, we Americans sort of think of Canada as a northern province sometimes. :-) Who knows, maybe our politburo might decide you unsafe Canadians might do better as a part of the North American Union.
I suppose it's not entirely common knowledge for those who aren't Terenas lurkers, but I'm not in Canada either. I'm in the UK.
And this is kind of part of the point. The rest of the free world has had much more stringent regulations on this kind of thing for years, in some cases decades. "Freedom" vs. "security" ebbs and flows in a negotiated balance, but the existence of stable, free democracies (like Canada) that regulate more kind of makes the slippery-slope-frogs-boiling talk sound a little crankish.
The rest is just rhapsodizing. If you have the faintest clue about economics, you'll know that the demand for kids' toys is not going to go down, and thus, the equilibrium supply will remain unaltered. You can keep the secret freedom tunnel under your house locked for a few more years, don't worry. The jackboots are not yet coming for your tricycles.
-Jester
Edit: Far be it from me to insult Von Mises, who was a brilliant and important thinker. Nor Hayek, so long as we're talking Austrians. Rothbard is also brilliant, but he is a crank. He believes crazy things, and disowned anyone, left, right or centre, who did not line up 100% with his beliefs. Dude did not know when to settle down.
And if your glazes are over 600 ppm heavy metals, don't give them to children in the cradle to chew on. :rolleyes: