Monday, April 28, 2008

'Nanny state' cramps Europe's style

Europe started 2008 with a raft of new laws against smoking, air pollution and even junk food adverts, but some grumbled that the New Year's resolutions from the "nanny state" cramped their style. (Snip) While many accepted the new rules as reasonable*, some bristled at what they called the state's overreach and the creeping end of the Euroean way of life.

[reasonable: other people should be forced to act as I would. This is the model some Americans want to emulate?]

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