At 06:24 AM 10/25/2003, Danny Ayers wrote:
>Hmm, I doubt whether anyone outside the US would even contemplate the
>parent-child analogy, but following through:
>
>"...trying to find cigarettes in your kid's room, after warning him for
>six months that you were going to search his room for them."
>
>..then booting the kid out, giving his furniture to your friends and
>getting a pal to stay in the room, while you prepare to take over all the
>other bedrooms on the landing.
Which, of course, is where the analogy breaks down. Cigarettes are a
disgusting habit, but a kid smoking in his room isn't likely to be able to
murder tens of thousands of people with a whiff of second-hand smoke.
