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First it was global warming.
Now it's global lighting. |
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Toronto, Canada's
bureaucrats' minions are spreading across Toronto
during this summer. Their assignment is to analyze
the angle of the sun at different times of the day,
measure the amount of direct or reflected sunlight
and assess the "quantity and usability" of shade in
parks, playgrounds and swimming pools. |
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These "shade audits"
are just the tip of the iceberg-portion of a pilot
project. They have been authorized by Toronto's city
council and could result in Toronto regulating the
amount and location and degree of shade. |
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A contrived policy
that could result from these shade audits could
specify the ratio of shade based on the number of
children that usually play in an area. --and
not just from trees, but from city-built special
canopy structures, screens and sails. |
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Backers
of this initiative state that with increasing rates
of skin cancer caused by exposure to UVA and UVB
rays in sunlight, Toronto has a responsibility to
shield children using its parks. Their
interpretation of responsibility is that their
mandate should extend beyond the reasonable use of
sunblock and protective clothing... and beyond your
freedom to decide. |
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Observing
Our World:
Such arrogance from so many petty politicians who,
having been shaded from educations all their lives,
now want to spread the darkness. All is well if they
can specify, mandate, and control you. |