Comments on: THE CPSIA – Apparently They CAN Be That Stupid http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-cpsia-apparently-they-can-be-that-stupid Glimpses Into a Overactive Mind Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:17:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CPSIA: one for the books http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-cpsia-apparently-they-can-be-that-stupid/comment-page-1#comment-960 CPSIA: one for the books Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:01:59 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2163#comment-960 [...] David Niall Wilson (”Glimpses Into an Overactive Mind”) contributed two passionate posts (”This idiocy has to be stopped”.) The popular James Lileks, whose eponymous site is [...] [...] David Niall Wilson (”Glimpses Into an Overactive Mind”) contributed two passionate posts (”This idiocy has to be stopped”.) The popular James Lileks, whose eponymous site is [...]

]]> By: DeputyHeadmiss http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-cpsia-apparently-they-can-be-that-stupid/comment-page-1#comment-951 DeputyHeadmiss Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:18:54 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2163#comment-951 Great follow-up! Congress keeps saying they never intended to include books, and perhaps they didn't. But they seem embarrassingly unfamiliar with the accepted definition of the word 'ALL,' then, as in, "ALL products intended primarily for the use of children 12 and under..." This law also places the government in the role of censor, as it's not enough for the manufacturer, author, publisher, seller, to slap a 13 and over label on the product- the government must agree that they think the product is for 13 and older rather than 12 and younger. Great follow-up! Congress keeps saying they never intended to include books, and perhaps they didn't. But they seem embarrassingly unfamiliar with the accepted definition of the word 'ALL,' then, as in, "ALL products intended primarily for the use of children 12 and under…"
This law also places the government in the role of censor, as it's not enough for the manufacturer, author, publisher, seller, to slap a 13 and over label on the product- the government must agree that they think the product is for 13 and older rather than 12 and younger.

]]> By: David_N_Wilson http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-cpsia-apparently-they-can-be-that-stupid/comment-page-1#comment-950 David_N_Wilson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:28:41 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2163#comment-950 That's even more frightening...letting them "cleanse" content...and preventing new authors from getting their books sold by the reprinting of old classics on clean lead-free pages... (sigh). ARGH That's even more frightening…letting them "cleanse" content…and preventing new authors from getting their books sold by the reprinting of old classics on clean lead-free pages… (sigh).

ARGH

]]> By: David_N_Wilson http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-cpsia-apparently-they-can-be-that-stupid/comment-page-1#comment-949 David_N_Wilson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:26:45 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2163#comment-949 Maybe someone you reach will make it....and you can contact your reps in congress. Maybe someone you reach will make it….and you can contact your reps in congress.

]]> By: Ike http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-cpsia-apparently-they-can-be-that-stupid/comment-page-1#comment-947 Ike Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:12:57 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2163#comment-947 Can we be certain that the publishing industry isn't sitting back and salivating a little at this? They get to sell "safe" copies of all those old books, and reap the same benefits that the RIAA did once everyone upgraded from cassettes to CDs. As a matter of fact, why not go through and "sanitize" the content as we go, eliminating all of those troublesome details that might lead people to inconvenient notions about history and culture. The Fire Department is here for your collection, Mr. Wilson... Can we be certain that the publishing industry isn't sitting back and salivating a little at this?

They get to sell "safe" copies of all those old books, and reap the same benefits that the RIAA did once everyone upgraded from cassettes to CDs.

As a matter of fact, why not go through and "sanitize" the content as we go, eliminating all of those troublesome details that might lead people to inconvenient notions about history and culture.

The Fire Department is here for your collection, Mr. Wilson…

]]> By: Wyatt at Pan http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-cpsia-apparently-they-can-be-that-stupid/comment-page-1#comment-946 Wyatt at Pan Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:10:14 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2163#comment-946 Thanks for keeping on the ball on this. I might not be able to attend a rally in Washington but I'm happy to help spread the word. Thanks for keeping on the ball on this. I might not be able to attend a rally in Washington but I'm happy to help spread the word.

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