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I guess they should ban hot stoves, grills, harmful toxins, and everything else a child can come into contact with. This falls on the parents. If you have a pro
by massarog 14y ago
I guess they should ban hot stoves, grills, harmful toxins, and everything else a child can come into contact with. This falls on the parents. If you have a product your child can get injured by, don't leave it in plain sight and don't let your child play with it.
- antidoh 14y ago"Buckyballs are small, powerful round rare earth magnets that are sold as toys and desktop accessories." Hot stoves, grills and harmful toxins aren't toys and there isn't a normal use case where a child would use those. It can happen, but it's not intended. A toy's use case is playing with it. This particular toy is causing problems, where other toys aren't. I see no problem in banning them. We aren't a full-on libertarian society, we make choices, not always to everyone's liking.
- Yver 14y agoAnd you conveniently omitted the part where it says "[...] marketed the magnets to adults and teenagers" to focus on the word toy. It's as dishonest as calling for a ban on Ben Wa Balls if a child choked on one. Because you know... they're balls, they're "toys" and they're a hazard.
- antidoh 14y agoNo dishonesty intended, and not done conveniently. They look like toys (or chocolate, from the article), and kids are getting hurt. We disagree.