Children getting out in the sun, Katy is Koncerned

Policy on how to defrost meat so one won’t get food poisoning?

Done, here.

how about reminding people to wear warm clothes in winter as it may be cold

Also done, here.

Perceived common-sense is often not too common.

She’s minister for health (amongst other things). Which means, yes, she’s responsible for well being. And if she can get some noise in the media to get the goofier parents out there to remember “oh, hang on, maybe I should actually pay attention to what’s on my kid’s noggin”, then she’s saving us all money.

Again – you’re assuming that everyone’s bright, intelligent and doesn’t need reminding. Which simply isn’t the case.

Why is it Katy’s job? Surely skin experts…or dare I say it..parents, should be responsible for children’s well being. It’s not like sun safety is a secret. Who deosn’t know about the risks?

Most of the objections seem to be that the government shouldn’t be sending out self-evident lectures to the public like they’re all idiots.

That ignores the point that many of us have noticed – yes, an awful lot of the public actually ARE idiots. And do actually need self-evident reminders.

No, Katy isn’t rushing around forcibly shoving hats on small children. She’s issuing reminders about medical advice. Hardly a stalinist solution…

How about demanding an unborn child be aborted because of the projected future drain on the health system?

Because that’s where this thinking is going.

where will it end then Sammy?

I think it’s perfectly reasonable for the Government to advise how we handle ourselves in the sun. It’s the taxpayer that has to fund the cancer treatment.

Um, could fashion be perhaps vaguely influential in a teenager’s life? Like, you know, baseball caps are not as ‘in’ for teens as they were in 1996, and strappy tops (girls) and wife-basher singlets (boys) are de rigeur?

Well you have to wonder what a politician will do do to stay popular.

Oh what was that John?

You have to love the quality of the riot act comments.

Well if Katy is concenered about the state of my bottom, she can lick it clean.

it’s just a matter of time before we get lectured on exactly how they’d like us to wipe our bottoms

Folding is the only way. People who scrunch are just plain weird and should be brought into line.

very funny high five sexy time lateralis…but does it need that kind of cream?
btw johnboy as a new member here I have noticed a degree of negativity re Katy and indeed generally…leave Katy alone – hard to sustain the Joe Stalin argument for a sunscreen recommendation unless you are some kind of Rumsfeldian neocon libertarian…

Katy come on over, I have something you can slap some sunscreen on.