The problem with this analogy is that it is generally pretty easy to look at the beach and gather the information that there are huge waves and a rocky, dangero

The problem with this analogy is that it is generally pretty easy to look at the beach and gather the information that there are huge waves and a rocky, dangerous shore (and sometimes even the sharks) and then you are informed. If the only people who can inform you are the ones that are trying to draw money from you, though, it falls under something more similar to consumer protection than it does under closing beaches.