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March 12, 2008
Britain Starts Banning Fire Extinguishers
Posted by Dave Blount at March 12, 2008 9:17 PM
The coercive infantilization of the British populace has reached another milestone. Private citizens are forbidden from using weapons to defend themselves, so that if attacked by criminals they must submit to their fate in hopes the authorities will come rescue them. Now this mentality has been extended to fire extinguishers, which authorities are beginning to ban:
The canisters could be dangerous if people use them without training, risk assessors said. And they could encourage people to stay and tackle a blaze rather than flee. The Fire Service is backing the ban — which could be brought in across the country under new rules.
Mike Edwards lives in a 10-storey building where fire extinguishers will no longer be permitted. He comments:
The Fire Service can't quickly get their equipment above the eighth floor — so if someone is trapped they are now just expected to sit and burn.
Better whole buildings should go up in smoke than people should take matters into their own hands. Who knows what independent notions they might develop?
Britain has bypassed Orwellian totalitarianism and gone straight to a parody of it.
On a tip from Lyle. Hat tips: Free Spirit Mind, Stupid Should Hurt.
