USA Going the Way of the UFK
If that evokes a shudder, realize that here in the U.S. we’re not that far behind. I’ve seen restaurants that no longer serve chives on my baked potato, because someone got sick from bacteria on some chives in another state. I chive you not. Luckily no one has gotten sick from bacteria on lettuce, or they’d stop serving salads, right?
And some won’t even give you a sharp knife to cut your meat with anymore, why you might cut yourself or someone else. There I am having a steak and trying to cut it with a butter knife.
If you go into many of their restrooms, you won’t find hot water to wash your hands with anymore, someone might scald themselves.
Costco stopped giving out toothpicks and plastic forks with their samples, because some kid might put an eye out with one and then they could be sued.
“I’ve used the Civil Rights Act as an example of the way a well-intentioned government program grows and causes far more problems than it solves. But it is just one example.
All government programs expand to encompass the political demands of people who want to take advantage of its benefits. And almost all government programs eventually do the opposite of what their original backers had asked for.
Whatever social reform you may envision, the version the government implements will be something completely different. However lofty your purpose, it will be debased by compromises in the legislature, in the administration of the program by thousands of government employees, and in the settling of the inevitable disputes.
Not only that, the program is likely to grow far bigger and more complicated than what you wanted. And someday it will evolve into a force opposite to your intentions.
You aren’t a dictator. You can’t control the actions of politicians, bureaucrats, and judges.
Please remember that the next time you think some law will solve some great social problem.” – Harry Browne
So I’m sitting in Starbucks tonight enjoying a Frappuccino, and they were out of the Denver Post in the leftover newspaper rack there. All they had was the New York Times . At least they didn’t have the news or opinion sections, so my blood pressure didn’t shoot up, but I picked up the entertainment section. On the front was a picture of a dog with a sign around its neck saying that he was an “emotional support dog”. Huh?
Well it seems that people who are blind have always been able to bring “working dogs” into restaurants with them, and especially so since the passage of the ADA ( Americans with Disabilities Act ) which says that establishments and workplaces must make reasonable attempts to “accommodate” disabled people.
In fact after studying martial arts and seeing people all impressed with nunchucks, I often point out that those are not weapons that you can take just anywhere. In fact they’re totally banned in many cities like Denver, even in some of the martial arts schools that teach their students how to use them. The city of Denver has turned a blind eye to that, so far, but that could change at any time. In fact even the rubber nunchucks are illegal there.
No, I suggest to people that they learn how to use the combat cane instead. A combat cane is a cane that’s not made of flimsy aluminum that could bend or break if you defend yourself with it. It’s made of solid hardwood that’s about an inch thick. It also has a wedge at the end of the curved part, for gouging various parts of the body in a self defense situation. Those you can take anywhere, even on an airliner. I tell people; if anyone objects, just start whining, “ADA! , ADA!”.
So it seems now that in New York City, the people who want to bring little “Fu Fu” into the restaurant with them, have started calling their dog an “emotional support dog”, and some are even carrying letters from their doctors claiming that they’re dependent on their doggie for emotional support. Then if the restaurant still resists, they start whining “ADA!”, and that usually does the trick.
Trends like this usually start in New York or California, after spreading from Unfree Kingdom, and then metastasize across the country from those socialist bastions. So expect to start seeing dogs in restaurants, supermarkets, or just about anywhere else now. Not only those expensive house trained working dogs either, these “emotional support” dogs could be nervous piddlers, or…worse. Charming.
Welcome to the USSA ( United Socialist States of America ).
“Howdy, I’m a cowgirl and this is my 1500 pound horse Petunia. We’re here for lunch. Ya got a post where I can hitch old Petunia up? Maybe a feed bucket with some oats for her? Oh golly, Petunia just dropped a pile on the floor. She’s emotionally supportive but tends to be a bit uninhibited. Where’s my horsie bag? What? I can’t bring Petunia in here with me? But… Petunia is my “emotional support horse”. Why I go everywhere with her. My therapist says she helps me emotionally. “ADA! , ADA!”.
