Save the stupid ones from themselves
This is simply a suspicion, but it seems that some governmental bodies don’t have enough to do. Case in point: a committee of the European Union has decided to limit the volume level of personal music players and cellular phones. No, not the ringtones; the listening volume. Just in case you haven’t heard (or can no longer hear), loud sounds can damage your hearing. The catch, because there’s always as catch, is that the limit is one that can be overridden by the user.
In other words, the plan is to force users to learn how to operate the volume control on their personal device. Now, isn’t that helpful? This fits right in with those printed warnings about the use (of any number of machines) that are now mandatory. The kind that remind us not to iron our clothes while wearing them, or the kind that point out that your empty juice bottle is not a suitable flotation device. Proof that when people sit around a committee room, all logic goes out the window (which is permanently closed, to restrict throwing of personal listening devices out of the building).
If we’re going to put stupid rules (for stupid people) into our system of law, let’s give the job to one person. No more wasting time with debate. Allow that one person to make up dozens of silly requirements, and then post their name, address and phone number under the rule, along with a photo to allow easy recognition, for anyone else who wants to meet the rule proposer in person. To discuss the rule, if you get my drift.
